Baklawa
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
30 pieces
- Serves:
- 20-25
ingredients
- 15 sheets phyllo pastry
- 2 cups shortening
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup honey or 1 cup corn syrup
- 2 cups sugar
- pecans, walnuts or pistachios
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons sugar or 3 tablespoons sugar substitute
- 2 cups unsweetened coconut (optional)
- 1 cup of extra nuts and coconut (to garnish)
- 1 stick cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter
directions
- Open your phyllo and lay it out on a tray with a damp towel ontop to prevent it from drying!
- Melt your shortening with 2 tbsp of water you can substitute it with butter.
- Brush a cookie sheet with some of the butter water mixture.
- Add one sheet of phyllo and brush some of the mixture ontop repeat with 5-7 sheets.
- Finely chop nuts,coconut,2tbps of cinnamon and 3tbsp of sugar(if preferred with a food processor!
- Add nut mixture onto the phyllo pastry.
- Add the remaining phyllo/butter on top of the nuts brush the top with some more butter.
- Cut it into the sizes and shapes you want and bake for 30-45 minutes or until golden brown at 400 F or 220°C.
- On a nonstick pan add water sugar corn syrup or honey and 1 large cinnamon stick boil until it becomes a thick sauce like consistency and stir in a tbsp of butter stir until butter has melted.
- Let both the sauce and baklava cool for about 30 minutes pour over sauce and enjoy!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
youshalisten
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