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Grandma Juana's Baklava Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Baklava:
1 lb. Phyllo Dough pastry
1 lb. walnuts, finely chopped
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 t. nutmeg
1 1/2 cups melted butter
1 t. cinnamon

Syrup:
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
juice of 1 lemon
1 t. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Place one pastry sheet on a well buttered 9 x 13 " baking pan and brush with butter.

Place a second pastry sheet on top of the first and butter again.

Repeat until six layers of buttered pastry sheets have been built up.

Mix walnuts, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Sprinkle on sheets of buttered pastry. Place one buttered pastry sheet over nuts. Repeat in same manner until all ingredients have been used, ending with a total six pastry sheets on top of nut mixture.

Gently press sides down around pan. Cut diagonal lines the length of the pan. Cut cross-ways to make diamond shaped pieces. Sprinkle with water.

Bake in 350º oven for about 1 hour or until golden brown.

While Baklava is baking, prepare syrup. Boil sugar, water and lemon juice for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour hot syrup over hot Baklava right after you take it out of the oven.

Allow Baklava to stand for several hours or overnight
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
12 servings
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 hour
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
It just wasn't Christmas if Grandma Juana didn't give us a tin of her Baklava. To this day I don't know of anyone who has tried to duplicate it. You could be the first!

 

 

 

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