Easy Cooking Recipes

Try this variation of the traditional classic Middle Eastern dessert. Baklava is made with layered phyllo dough, the dough is crispy crunchy.

Material:

• ½ cup butter, melted


• 1 package (16 ounce) phyllo dough, thawed


• ¾ cup unsalted pistachio nuts, finely chopped


• 1 / 3 cup sugar


• 1 / 3 cup honey


• 2 teaspoons cinnamon


• 2 teaspoons of lemon juice

How to Make

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.


2. In a bowl, combine pistachio nuts and butter. Take eight sheets of phyllo dough and layer them in a pan, spreading each sheet with melted butter. Spread about half of bean mixture over the phyllo dough and cover with a sheet of buttered phyllo dough.


3. Layer five more sheets of phyllo dough, buttering each sheet. Add remaining bean mixture and layer with remaining sheets of phyllo dough, buttering each sheet.


4. Using knife, cut baklava into 1 ½ “diamond.


5. Bake for 50 minutes or until golden brown. Approximately 30 minutes before the baklava is finished, mix sugar, honey, cinnamon, and lemon juice for glaze in small saucepan. Bring to a boil, making sure that sugar is completely dissolved. Reduce heat and allow mixture to boil for five minutes. When the baklava end of cooking, drizzle syrup on top and let cool.