I’ve been asked for this recipe several times this week so I thought I’d post for all to enjoy.  It’s a pain to make but oh so yummy.

Baklava

4 cups chopped nuts (pecans and/or walnuts)
1/2 cup sugar
1tsp cinnamon
1 box fillo dough
1 cup butter (melted)
12oz honey (heated until runny)

• Grease a 13×9 baking pan
• mix nuts, sugar, cinnamon
• alternate 6 buttered layers of fillo dough and 1 cup nut mixture
• cut serving slices 1/2 way through
• pour remaining butter on top
• cook at 300 for 1hr 25min
• remove from oven, immediately pour on honey
• let cool for several hours

Variations:

• add ground cloves to sugar/nut mixture
• add whole cloves to honey while heating, remove cloves before pouring
• add a whole clove to the top of each serving
• substitute honey with syrup (water + sugar + small amount of lemon juice), works best with pistachios