"Baklava"

6 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 lb. ground nuts (walnuts, pecans or almonds)
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 2 lb. margarine, melted
  • 2 lb. filo dough

Directions

  1. 1
    Grind nuts fine and mix with sugar and spices.
  2. 2
    Grease 11 x 16-inch pan (not a cookie sheet) with butter.
  3. 3
    Place 4 sheets of filo into pan.
  4. 4
    Brush each sheet with butter.
  5. 5
    Sprinkle with nuts thinly.
  6. 6
    Cover with 3 sheets of filo, brushing each with butter. Add mixture of nuts again as before.
  7. 7
    Repeat this until all nuts are used.
  8. 8
    End with 3 sheets of filo on top.
  9. 9
    Brush with final butter.
  10. 10
    Slice the entire thing into diamond shapes to aid in baking.
  11. 11
    Preheat oven to 300°.
  12. 12
    Place in oven.
  13. 13
    Cook for 1 hour, until lightly brown.
  14. 14
    Remove from oven.
  15. 15
    Let cool.

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