Baklawa

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 15 sheets phyllo pastry
• 2 cups shortening
• 2 tablespoons water
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup honey or 1 cup corn syrup
• 2 cups sugar
• pecans, walnuts or pistachios
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons sugar or 3 tablespoons sugar substitute
• 2 cups unsweetened coconut (optional)
• 1 cup of extra nuts and coconut (to garnish)
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 open your phyllo and lay it out on a tray with a damp towel ontop to prevent it from drying!
• 2 melt your shortening with 2 tbsp of water you can substitute it with butter.
• 3 brush a cookie sheet with some of the butter water mixture.
• 4 add one sheet of phyllo and brush some of the mixture ontop repeat with 5-7 sheets.
• 5 finely chop nuts,coconut,2tbps of cinnamon and 3tbsp of sugar(if preferred with a food processor!
• 6 add nut mixture onto the phyllo pastry.
• 7 add the remaining phyllo/butter on top of the nuts brush the top with some more butter.
• 8 cut it into the sizes and shapes you want and bake for 30-45 minutes or until golden brown at 400 f or 220°c.
• 9 on a nonstick pan add water sugar corn syrup or honey and 1 large cinnamon stick boil until it becomes a thick sauce like consistency and stir in a tbsp of butter stir until butter has melted.
• 10 let both the sauce and baklava cool for about 30 minutes pour over sauce and enjoy!