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Baklava

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Ingredients/Components

  • sugar - 1/2 c
  • cinnamon - 1 tsp
  • granulated sugar
  • water - 2 c
  • lemon juice - 1 Tbsp
  • sweet butter - 1/2 lb
  • coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans - 1 c
  • finely ground pecans - 1 c
  • or 1 c - 1/2 lb
  • blanched almonds, chopped - 1 c
  • filo dough about 14 sheets - 1 lb
  • crushed zwieback 6 slices - 1/2 c

How to make baklava:

Syrup:4 c. granulated sugar1 Tbsp. lemon juice2 c. water Melt the butter and Crisco. Brush a baking dish (about 9 x 14 x 3-inch) with melted butter and place a sheet of the filo in the bottom of the pan, allowing dough to come up on all sides. Using a soft brush, butter this dough. Place 5 more sheets of dough on top of this bottom piece, brushing each one with butter and allowing the excess dough to come over the sides of the pan.

Mix the ground almonds, pecans and walnuts in a bowl and add the crushed zwieback, sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle the buttered dough with a layer of this mixture and place 2 more sheets of the dough on top of this, brushing the sheets generously with the butter and Crisco. Repeat this process until the nut mixture is used up. Two or 3 layers of the dough can be placed on the top, being careful to keep it from breaking. The sheets should always be brushed with the shortening and the dough, which has been hanging over the sides of the pan, may be folded in and used as part of a sheet of dough. Brush the top of the Baklava with shortening and with a sharp knife, cut through the cake into desired serving pieces. This will assure inside baking of all ingredients. Bake in a 375° oven for 1 hour, checking so as not to get too brown. Remove from oven at the end of baking time and pour over all the sugar syrup.

Syrup: Bring to a boil the water and sugar. When to a boil, stir until all sugar is dissolved and allow to boil for about 5 minutes. Add lemon

Recipe categories: < 60 mins, For large groups, Oven.

Rating:
Baklava
3.3
Average rating: 3.3 of 5, total votes: 3
Cook. Time: PT1H
Total Time: PT1H


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