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Baklava

Flaky dough meets sweet honey and crunchy nuts in this traditional Arabic sweet.

Servings: 16 servings

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Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
1 hour

Course:

Dessert

Cuisine:

Arabic

Keywords:

baklava Arabic Dessert Arabic Sweet

🧂 Ingredients

½ c. melted butter
1 16-oz. package phyllo dough

thawed
¾ c. unsalted pistachio nuts

finely chopped
⅓ c. sugar
⅓ c. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. lemon juice

Instructions

1 Start by heating the oven to 350°F and buttering a 15x10 inch baking pan. In a
small bowl, combine the pistachios and butter and set aside. Then, take eight
sheets of phyllo dough and layer them in the pan, making sure to brush each
sheet with melted butter. Next, spread half of the nut mixture over the phyllo
dough and cover with another buttered sheet of phyllo. Continue to layer and
butter five more sheets of dough before adding the remaining nut mixture and
topping with remaining sheets of buttered phyllo dough. Before baking, cut into
diamond shapes about 1 ½" wide. Then bake for 50 minutes or until the baklava is
golden brown.
2 About half an hour before the baklava finishes baking, combine the sugar, honey,
cinnamon, and lemon juice together in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a
boil over medium-high heat, whisking to ensure that all the sugar dissolves.
When the mixture is smooth, reduce heat and allow to simmer for about five
minutes. Drizzle the syrup over the top of the baklava and allow to cool. Serve
and enjoy!