Baklava

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 40
• 1 (16 ounce) package phyllo dough
• 1 lb unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 lb nuts, chopped
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon honey, boil only three minutes

Recipe

• 1 variations pie filling our favorite is fresh fruit prepared as pie filling example 2 lbs of apples one cup of sugar one tablespoon cinnamon one tablespoon real butter an one tablespoon flour mix all an spread over dough.
• 2 first lay out dough an cover with a damp cloth.
• 3 then melt two sticks of butter, now lay very carefully one strip of the dough on very large cookie sheet.
• 4 with a paint brush brush dough, now do this with the first half of dough.
• 5 chop one pound of nuts an add one cup of sugar spread this evenly.
• 6 then repeat the each layer of dough.
• 7 with the last two sticks of butter.
• 8 then with a very sharp knife cut diagonally from one corner till the next.
• 9 when ended it will look like diamonds then bake in 400°f oven until golden brown (can not give a time as different butter and ovens are different).
• 10 as this is baking boil the water sugar lemon an honey to a candy syrup stage, about 5 minutes.
• 11 when golden brown, remove from oven; re cut and pour liquid over. cool.