Baklava

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups walnuts or 2 cups pistachio nuts, med. chopped
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon rose water
• 1 lb phyllo dough
• 1 lb butter, drawn or 1 lb sweet butter
• simple syrup
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 drops lemon juice (calls for few)
• 1 teaspoon rose water

Recipe

• 1 combine nuts, sugar and rose water.
• 2 filo dough may be spread in a buttered 10 x 14 inch pan, brushing each layer with butter.
• 3 when done with the first package of filo dough, place nut mixture evenly over dough.
• 4 then continue layering buttered filo on top.
• 5 cut in diamond shaped pieces.
• 6 bake at 300 degrees for one hour or until golden brown.
• 7 pour syrup over baklava making sure the dough is well saturated.
• 8 combine sugar, water and lemon juice in saucepan.
• 9 boil over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until slightly viscous (225 degrees). before removing from heat, add rose water and let come to a boil.
• 10 remove from fire and cool.
• 11 i would assume that you pour this over the baklava or you use it to dip you pieces into. it doesn't say and this is a guess of mine.