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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Baklava


This is a traditional Israeli dessert. Very unhealthy so you know it delicious! ;)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lb filo dough
1/2 lb peanuts, walnuts, almonds or mixture of nuts, peeled and chopped (I didnt use all 1/2 lb)
7 oz melted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Topping: ( I did not use all of this either)
2 cups sugar
3/4 cups water
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Line a greased 10 1/2 x 13 1/2" pan with 1/3 of dough. Brush each filo sheet with melted butter. Mix nuts, sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle half on dough in pan. Cover with another layer of filo dough. Sprinkle remaining nuts mixture onto filo, then cover with final layer of filo.

Cut into diamond shapes but not all the way through. Pour remaining butter on top. Bake in pre-heated oven at medium-hot ( I did 350 degrees) for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Cut pieces through and allow to cool.

Topping: Boil all ingredients until thick and pour over slightly cooled Baklava. There is like two cups of this and I only used maybe 10 tbsp fulls. It turned out great!

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