Ingredients
Equipment
Oven Baking pans
Cooking Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease a baking dish with butter.
- Lay a sheet of phyllo dough in the dish.
- Brush with melted butter.
- Repeat layering several sheets.
- Sprinkle a layer of chopped nuts and cinnamon.
- Continue layering phyllo and nuts.
- Finish with several layers of buttered phyllo.
- Cut into diamond or square shapes.
- Bake for 40–45 minutes until golden.
- In a saucepan, combine sugar, water, lemon juice, and vanilla.
- Bring to a boil and simmer briefly.
- Pour syrup over hot baklava.
- Let cool before serving.
Nutrition
Notes
Keep phyllo covered to prevent drying.
Cut before baking for clean pieces.
Let syrup soak fully before serving.