Best Cookie Mix Baklava Bars Recipes

BAKLAVA COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8-inch square metal baking pan with parchment paper. Whisk together melted butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and orange zest until combined. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl; add to butter mixture and fold in until incorporated. Press dough evenly into bottom of prepared pan and bake crust for 15 to 16 minutes, until lightly golden and set.
• While the crust bakes, make the nut topping. Combine pecans, almonds, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in a small bowl; add melted butter and stir until incorporated. Spoon topping evenly over warm crust and return pan to oven. Continue baking another 10 to 12 minutes, until golden.
• While the bars finish baking, make the syrup. Combine honey, water, and orange juice in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and let mixture simmer until syrupy, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
• Place baked bars on a wire rack and drizzle syrup over still-warm topping, tilting pan slightly to coat evenly. Cool bars completely in pan. Carefully lift parchment and place bars on a cutting board; cut into triangles with a sharp knife. If desired, serve with a drizzle of honey. Store leftover bars in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days, or freeze up to 3 months.

COOKIE MIX BAKLAVA BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°. Spray bottom only of 9x13-inch pan with Pam.
• Stir cookie base ingredients in large bowl until soft dough forms.
• Press in bottom of pan and bake 15 minute.
• Meanwhile in medium bowl, stir filling ingredients together (except phyllo) until well mixed & crumbly.
• Sprinkle mixture evenly over partially baked base.
• Crumble frozen phyllo shells evenly over nut mixture. Bake 18-20 minutes or golden.
• In a small microwaveable bowl, zap all glaze ingredients except vanilla for 1 minute on high, or until bubbly. Stir in vanilla.
• Drizzle honey mix over phyllo. Cool completely.
• Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Drizzle each bar with 1/2 teaspoon honey before serving.

BAKLAVA THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter until blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Wrap dough in plastic; refrigerate until firm enough to form into balls, about 30 minutes. , Preheat oven to 375°. For topping, combine sugar and cinnamon; set aside. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; refrigerate again if dough becomes too warm. Place 2-1/2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 8 minutes. Press a deep indentation in center of each cookie with the back of a rounded teaspoon. Fill each with honey and walnuts; sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Return to oven and bake until edges begin to brown, 7-9 minutes longer. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

BAKLAVA BARS

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• spray a 13 x 9 pan with non stick cooking spray.
• using hands, press sugar cookie dough evenly into bottom of prepared pan.
• bake for 15-18 minutes.
• in a medium bowl, place walnuts, granulated sugar, 1/4 cup softened butter and allspice.
• using a fork, stir until mixture is well combined and crumbly.
• sprinkle mixture over partially baked cookie crust.
• sprinkle phyllo crumbles over walnut mixture.
• bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
• In a small microwave bowl, place honey, 2 tablespoons butter, brown sugar, (lemon zest) and lemon juice.
• Microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds or until bubbly,.
• Stir in vanilla extract.
• Drizzle honey mixture over baked cookie.
• Let cool completely in pan on wire rack for about 2 hours.
• cut into 9 squares, then cut each square into 2 triangles.

BAKLAVA BARS

Steps:

• 1. First pre heat the oven to 350F. Then spray bottom only of 13x9 inch pan with cooking spray. Then in a large bowl stir cookie base ingredients until soft dough forms. Then press dough in bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes.
• 2. Next in medium bowl stir walnuts, granulated sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon & the salt with fork until mixture is well mixed and crumbly. Sprinkle nut mixture evenly over partially baked base. Then with your hands crumble frozen fillo shells evenly over nut mixture. Then bake for about 18 to 20 mins longer or until golden brown.
• 3. Next in small microwavable bowl microwave 1/3 cup honey, 2 tablespoons butter, the brown sugar, lemon juice & 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon uncovered on High 1 minute or until bubbly. Stir in vanilla. Then drizzle honey mixture evenly over fillo. let cool completely for about 2 hours.
• 4. Then cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Then before serving drizzle 1/2 teaspoon honey over each bar. Store covered at room temperature.