Ingredients
- 1 lb salted butter
- 1 lb filo dough (thawed)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 TBSP cinnamon
- 28 oz walnuts
- whole cloves
- Syrup
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup karo light syrup
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 an orange
Steps
- Chop walnuts in food processor. Combine sugar, walnuts and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Butter pan - usually a 9x13. Layer 7-8 sheets of Filo, buttering every layer. Have first 2-3 layers hang over the edges of the pan.
- Sprinkle nuts on 8th layer and spread evenly.
- Drizzle butter on nuts.
- Add two more layers of filo and butter and then another layer of nuts. Repeat until nuts are gone.
- Do 5-6 more layers of buttered filo and then fold in the bottom pieces that were hanging over the pan. Add at least 2 more layers of filo after this so there are at least 8 layers above the nuts.
- Put in the freexer until hard (aim for one hour).
- Cut into squares and then triangles.
- Add whole cloves to each triangle.
- Bake for 1 hour at 350°
- While baking, make syrup and cook on high for 20-25 minutes. Then, remove half of orange. Cool syrup.
- Take baklava out of oven and while hot pour on cold syrup.
- Let sit for around 30 minutes.
- Place in muffin cups to serve.