- 3 cups finely chopped walnuts
- 1 cup finely chopped almonds
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 lb fillo dough
- ½ lb melted clarified butter
- Syrup (recipe follows)
- Mix together walnuts, almonds cinnamon and sugar.
- Preheat oven to 350oF.
- Butter 5 fillo sheets, fold each sheet in half and stack in 13”x9”x2” pan. Sprinkle with 5 tablespoons of nut mixture.
- Fold 2 more leaves , butter top and sprinkle with 5 tablespoons of nut mixture. Repeat 4 more times. Top with remaining fillo sheets, buttering every 2 leaves.
- Trim edges using a sharp knife.
- Cut baklava into diamond or square shapes
- Bake for 15 minutes and lower oven to 300oF and leave baklava for another 45 to 60 minutes or until top is golden brown.
- Take out of oven and poor syrup over cooked baklava.
