Baklava

8 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough
  • 1 lb unsalted butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 lb nuts, chopped
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 12 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon honey, boil only three minutes

Directions

  1. 1
    Variations pie filling our favorite is fresh fruit prepared as pie filling example 2 lbs of apples one cup of sugar one tablespoon cinnamon one tablespoon real butter an one tablespoon flour mix all an spread over dough.
  2. 2
    First lay out dough an cover with a damp cloth.
  3. 3
    Then melt two sticks of butter, now lay very carefully one strip of the dough on very large cookie sheet.
  4. 4
    With a paint brush brush dough, now do this with the first half of dough.
  5. 5
    Chop one pound of nuts an add one cup of sugar spread this evenly.
  6. 6
    Then repeat the each layer of dough.
  7. 7
    With the last two sticks of butter.
  8. 8
    Then with a very sharp knife cut diagonally from one corner till the next.
  9. 9
    When ended it will look like diamonds then bake in 400F oven until GOLDEN BROWN (can not give a time as different butter and ovens are different).
  10. 10
    As this is baking boil the water sugar lemon an honey to a candy syrup stage, about 5 minutes.
  11. 11
    When golden brown, remove from oven; re cut and pour liquid over.
  12. 12
    Cool.

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