Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, baklava. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Baklava is a sweet dessert made of layers of phyllo filled with chopped walnuts and pistachios, soaked with honey syrup. Baklava or baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman countries. It is made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts, such as walnuts, almonds, or pistachios, and sweetened with syrup or honey.

Baklava is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Baklava is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have baklava using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baklava:

1. Make ready 1 package phyllo dough, thawed
2. Take 1-1 1/2 cup butter
3. Take 1-2 cup pecans (or any other nut)
4. Get 2-4 teaspoons cinnamon
5. Get 1 cup water
6. Prepare 1 cup sugar
7. Take 1/2 cup honey
8. Get 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

It's a great make-ahead dessert perfect for the holidays or special occasions. Not to be confused with balaclava or Balaklava. The iconic Baklava is astonishingly straight forward to make! The iconic Baklava is my all time favourite pastry that I can't get enough of.

Instructions to make Baklava:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. Spread a layer of melted butter on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Place 2 sheets of phyllo dough over it and spread them with butter. Repeat this process until you have 6-8 sheets layered.
3. Combine the nuts and the cinnamon.
4. Set aside about 8 sheets of phyllo dough, making sure to put a damp cloth over them. Repeat step 2, but sprinkle a small handful of nuts each time as well. Do this for your remaining phyllo dough. At some point, you may need to prepare more cinnamon nuts or melt more butter.
5. Once that stack of phyllo runs out, start layering with no nuts as in step 2 with the reserved phyllo. Be sure to butter the top well to prevent it from burning!
6. Using a sharp knife (dull knives will tear it apart), trim the excess phyllo off the edges and cut the baklava. You can cut it in squares, triangles, diamonds, and probably more, but I usually go with squares for simplicity.
7. Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown - keep an eye on it, as it can go from light brown to burnt within 5 minutes.
8. While it is baking, prepare the glaze. Combine the water and sugar in medium saucepan. Bring to medium heat. When the sugar is fully dissolved, add the honey and vanilla. Simmer for 20 minutes.
9. Pour glaze over baklava - it should bubble and boil and seep into it. Let cool.
10. Cut the baklava again, as the glaze can become slightly gummy as it cools. Enjoy! Optional: Transfer into cupcake liners for easier transport and eating.

You'll love how homemade Baklava is not overly sweet and. Baklava is a rich, sweet Middle Eastern pastry made from layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with honey or syrup. It is surprisingly easy to make (thanks. Baklava is a delicious phyllo pastry popular in Middle Eastern countries. In baklava, layers of crisp phyllo dough alternate with a sugary spiced nut mixture, and the whole thing is then soaked in fragrant.

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