1 box of filo sheets
2 pound butter no substitutes (melted)
1 pounds chopped or ground (walnuts, pistachios, almonds)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
Combine nuts and cinnamon and sugar and set aside. Put butter on bottom
of pan (about 2 tablespoons). Brush it over whole surface. cut the filo
leaves in half and begin putting 2-3 leaves in the pan and then brush on
the butter. Then add 3 more leaves until you use half of them. Once you
have use half the package of filo leaves, put nuts over it spread it
evenly over the filo leaves. Begin putting 2-3 leaves and butter. 2-3
leaves and butter again and again until you sue all the filo leaves.
With a sharp knife cut into diamond shapes. Bake in a slow oven 250
degrees for 2 hours or until light brown. While pastry is baking prepare
syrup:
3 cups sugar
2 cups warm water
juice of one lemon
Boil and then add lemon juice. when the syrup is cool, pour very slowly
over the baked baklava (sometimes I don't put all the liquid over it)
