Baklava

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 cup chopped blanched almond
• 1 cup chopped pistachios
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 18 sheets phyllo dough
• 1 cup unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f
• 2 in a large bowl combine nuts, sugar, cinnamon, allspice & cloves.
• 3 trim phyllo dough to 15.5 x 10.5"
• 4 brush a jelly roll pan with butter.
• 5 place 1 sheet of dough on the pan. brush with butter, sprinkle with 1 c nut mixture. layer and butter 5 more sheets of dough.
• 6 sprinkle 1 c nut mixture. layer and butter 2 sheets of dough.
• 7 repeat with phyllo and nuts 2 more times.
• 8 add 6 more butter & phyllo sheets.
• 9 brush on remaining butter. trim edges.
• 10 cut baklava crosswise in 1" strips, then cut diagonally at 2" intervals.
• 11 bake 50-60 min until lightly browned.
• 12 cool on wire rack for 30 minutes. spoon baklava syrup over top.