Easiest Way to Make Favorite Baklava

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, baklava. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baklava is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Baklava is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook baklava using 10 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Baklava:

1. Prepare 1 packages Phyllo dough (comes with 2 rolls)
2. Prepare 4 cup Pecans or Walnuts (I use pecans)
3. Take 1 tsp Cinnamon
4. Make ready 1 1/2 stick Butter (melted)
5. Prepare 2 cup Honey (16oz)
6. Prepare 1/2 cup Water
7. Prepare 1/2 cup Sugar
8. Prepare 3 tsp Vanilla extract
9. Prepare 1 tbsp American Honey whiskey (optional)
10. Prepare 1 stick Butter (for sauce)

Instructions to make Baklava:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350. Unroll the phyllo dough and place a moist kitchen towel over the sheets. Do NOT let the dough d
2. Generously butter your choice of baking pan. If the phyllo dough is a lot larger trim the dough with kitchen scissors. You will always be using 2 phyllo sheets at a time.
3. Melt butter (1 1/2 sticks)
4. Mix nuts and cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside
5. Pick up 2 phyllo sheets and place into the buttered baking dish
6. Using a basting brush, brush melted butter onto the phyllo sheets you placed in the baking dish
7. Repeat steps 5 & 6 three more times
8. Sprinkle nuts on top of the buttered phyllo. (A single layer that covers the dough)
9. Pick up 2 phyllo sheets and place on top the nuts, butter, add nuts
10. Repeat until you run out of nuts (approx 4 more times)
11. Now begin layering and buttering just the phyllo dough like in steps 5 & 6. Repeat 4-5x
12. Using a sharp knife, cut into squares and then into a diamond pattern. Place in the oven for 30-40 min or when the baklava is a deep golden brown.
13. In a saucepan melt 1 stick of butter, water, sugar, honey, vanilla, whiskey (optional). Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low. Simmer for 15-20 minutes
14. Remove baklava from the oven and slowly pour 1/2 the sauce over the golden baklava. Once absorbed, pour the remaining sauce.
15. Allow the baklava to cool uncovered for serval hours. It tastes better with time. Note: It can get soggy if covered.

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