Baklava Pastry
This crunchy and honey sweet pastry is made with phyllo dough filled with spiced nut and coated in sweet syrup.
Servings: 18
Calories: 393kcal
Ingredients
- 16 oz phyllo dough 1 package
- 1 cup water
- 1 pound walnuts, chopped any nuts could work
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup 1 cup white sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F/175° C.
- Place a baking sheet at the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan and coat with butter.
- Prepare the mix in a bowl with cinnamon and chopped nuts. Leave it aside. Unroll phyllo dough.
- Unroll phyllo dough and start placing two sheets of dough then brush with butter. Repeat this until you get 8 layers of sheets then add the nut mixture on top and two sheets of dough, then again butter, nuts.
- Before you place it in the oven cut into different shapes using a sharp knife then bake until the baklava became golden for about 50 minutes.
- Prepare the sweet sauce placing a pot with water over medium heat and bring it boil. After it starts boiling add sugar. After it melted, add honey and vanilla, let it cook for 20 minutes.
- When ready take out of the oven the baklava and pour over the sweet sauce over it.