Baklava Recipe
This high on flavor Baklava recipe awaits you!. This is the most comforting Dessert recipe I have come across. It is one Greek dish which will never fail to impress you or your guests. Make this Baklava for your family today to let them know that how much you love them.
Ingredients
3 pounds walnuts in shells
1 pound phyllo pastry sheets
1 cup sugar
1 pound butter, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Syrup
Directions
Shell walnuts and finely chop the meat.
Add sugar and cinnamon and mix well.
Butter a large baking pan and line with 5 sheets of phyllo pastry, buttering each sheet evenly.
Spread some of the nut mixture over entire surface.
Add 2 buttered pastry sheets and spread evenly with nut mixture.
Continue until all nut mixture is used, saving 5 sheets of phyllo for the top layer.
Be sure to carefully butter each sheet of pastry.
With a sharp knife cut baklava into diamond shaped pieces.
Bake in a 325 degree oven for 30 minutes, placing pan on middle shelf of oven.
Move to top shelf and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and pour the hot syrup over the hot baklava.
Add sugar and cinnamon and mix well.
Butter a large baking pan and line with 5 sheets of phyllo pastry, buttering each sheet evenly.
Spread some of the nut mixture over entire surface.
Add 2 buttered pastry sheets and spread evenly with nut mixture.
Continue until all nut mixture is used, saving 5 sheets of phyllo for the top layer.
Be sure to carefully butter each sheet of pastry.
With a sharp knife cut baklava into diamond shaped pieces.
Bake in a 325 degree oven for 30 minutes, placing pan on middle shelf of oven.
Move to top shelf and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and pour the hot syrup over the hot baklava.
