Baklava
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Ingredients for Baklava
Baklava1 pound filo pastry
3 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
1 pound nuts, chopped (or pecan, or pecan and walnut)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon, optional
Ingredients for Syrup
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup Karo corn syrup
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Directions for Baklava
Grease a large pan, jelly roll or other, approximately 14x18-inches. Preheat oven to 400
degrees. Chop nuts in food processor and add 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon. Melt butter.
Put 1/3 of filo in bottom of pan. Spread nut mixture over pastry and press down with fingers
or back of spoon. Put remaining pastry on top of nuts. Cut in desired diamond shapes with sharp
knife. Pour hot butter over all. Bake in lower part of oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Move pan to top part of oven for 35 minutes at 250 degrees.
Pour hot syrup over hot Baklava. Cool well before cutting.
Directions for Syrup
Boil Karo, water, sugar and lemon juice for 10 minutes. Add rose water after boiled,
while hot, before pouring over pastry. (do not add rose water if you are using
cinnamon with the nuts)
POINTS: (2.5)
SERVING SIZE: 1 Baklava
PER SERVING: 94.6 calories/4.7 g fat/0.7 g fiber
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