Baklava
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Posted by:jrt
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Ingredients
1-1/2 lbs walnuts, finely chopped
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbl ground cinnamon
1/4 cup plain dry bread crumbs
1 16-oz package of frozen phyllo dough, thawed
Vegetable oil
Sesame seeds
For the Syrup:
2-1/2 lbs. sugar
2-1/2 quarts water
Juice of one lemon
Directions
- Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray and set aside
- Stir together nuts, sugar, cinnamon and bread crumbs. Set aside.
- Arrange one layer of phyllo, folding over the excess. Brush with oil. Repeat until you have 4 layers of phyllo, alternating the ends that you are folding over.
- Spread a very scant layer of nut mixture over phyllo.
- Layer and oil two more sheets of phyllo. Continue until you run out of nuts or until you only have about 4 or 5 pieces of phyllo left in the box, whichever comes first.
- Layer the last sheets of phyllo and brush with oil. Oil top and sprinkle with sesame seeds. With a very sharp knife, cut into squares or diamonds.
- Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown, 30-45 minutes.
- While baklava is in the oven, make syrup by combining syrup ingredients in heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat and boil for one minute. Remove from heat and let cool until baklava is done baking.
- When baklava is done, pour cooled syrup over hot baklava.
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