Nona's baklava

20 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup butter (salted)
1 cup honey
½ cup sweet butter, melted
1 each box fillo dough
1 pounds walnuts, chopped
1 pounds almonds, chopped
1 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions

Heat regular (salted) butter with honey until mixture bubbles. Set aside about ⅛ of it. In a bowl, combine nuts and nutmeg. Pour remaining ⅞ of honey syrup over nut mix to moisten.

Lay fillo dough on cutting board lengthwise. Brush one layer at a time with melted sweet butter (unsalted) until you have 3 layers. Line up a ¼-inch wide strip of nut mix along edge of dough about ¼-inch thick.

Pick up that edge and roll dough into a cylinder with nut mix in the center. Cut each cylinder into 8 pieces and place in 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Repeat until all nut mix and fillo dough are used.

Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown, about 10 to 20 minutes. Warm leftover syrup and spoon on top. Let cool before serving.

If you cannot locate fillo dough, use our pie crust recipe, roll dough very thin, and use only one layer of dough instead of three.

Makes 1 batch.

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