Best Easy Peasy Baklava Recipes

EASY PEASY BAKLAVA

Steps:

• Mix together sugar, water and lemon juice in saucepan; boil 15 - 20 minutes and let cool.
• Crush walnuts and add cinnamon in blender.
• Melt butter in saucepan.
• When pastry is at room temperature, use 1/2 of one 375g pack and place it in rectangluar pan; is ok is filo folds back over itself.
• Brush with butter
• Sprinkle 1/2 of the walnuts; spread across pastry.
• Repeat process with other 1/2 of the 375g pack.
• Repeat process again with the SECOND pack of 375g filo pastry as stated above; finish with pastry layer.
• Using a SHARP knife, cut pastry into diagonal shape
• Pour remaining melted butter slowly over pastry.
• Cook in preheated oven at 170C for 60 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven; wait 5 minutes and pour syrup mixture over baklava.
• When is completely cool, you can serve.
• HINT HINT -- I enjoy it while still warm!
• Recipe is IDEAL for freezing!
• Enjoy.

EASY BAKLAVA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Butter a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Toss together cinnamon and nuts. Unroll phyllo and cut whole stack in half to fit the dish. Cover phyllo with a damp cloth while assembling the baklava, to keep it from drying out.
• Place two sheets of phyllo in the bottom of the prepared dish. Brush generously with butter. Sprinkle 2 to 3 tablespoons of the nut mixture on top. Repeat layers until all ingredients are used, ending with about 6 sheets of phyllo. Using a sharp knife, cut baklava (all the way through to the bottom of the dish) into four long rows, then (nine times) diagonally to make 36 diamond shapes.
• Bake in preheated oven 50 minutes, until golden and crisp. While baklava is baking, combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Stir in honey, vanilla and lemon zest, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes. Remove the baklava from the oven and immediately spoon the syrup over it. Let cool completely before serving. Store uncovered.

EASY BAKLAVA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Toss together cinnamon and nuts. Unroll phyllo and cut whole stack in half to fit the dish. Cover phyllo with a damp cloth while assembling the baklava, to keep it from drying out.
• Place two sheets of phyllo in the bottom of the prepared dish. Brush generously with butter. Sprinkle 2 to 3 tablespoons of the nut mixture on top. Repeat layers until all ingredients are used, ending with about 6 sheets of phyllo. Using a sharp knife, cut baklava (all the way through to the bottom of the dish) into four long rows, then (nine times) diagonally to make 36 diamond shapes.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown and crisp, about 50 minutes.
• While baklava is baking, combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Stir in honey, vanilla and lemon or orange zest; reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
• Remove the baklava from the oven and immediately spoon the syrup over it. Let cool completely before serving. Store uncovered.