Title: Christine's Baklava
Categories: Dessert Filo Nut
Yield: 18 Servings

1	lb	Filo
1	lb	Walnuts; ground
2	tb	Sugar
1	ts	Cinnamon
1/4	ts	Cloves
1	lb	Melted butter
		Syrup
2	c	Sugar
2	c	Water
2	tb	Lemon juice
		Slivered lemon and orange peel
1	lg	Cinnamon stick
2	tb	Honey

Preheat oven to 400F.

Mix all syrup ingredients together in a saucepan and bring to a boil, cooking til mixture thickens. Remove from heat nd add 2 tb honey.

In a bowl, combine ground nuts, cinnamon and clove.

Butter a 9x13 pan. take 4 filo sheets, buttering the top sheet lavishly, and place in bottom of pan. Spread lightly with nut mixture. Repeat layers until 4 sheets of filo remain. Place on top of nut mixture and butter top lavishly.

Cut into diamond shapes before baking. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until top is golden brown. Place on wire rack to cool. Pour syrup over top.

*Make sure that you cover the unused filo sheets with a damp cloth while making the layers, to prevent them from drying out.

This recipe was given to me by an elderly neighbor who came from Greece. She said that it really was not necessary to butter each filo sheet.

This was my late husbands' all-time favorite dessert/snack. It is very rich and the pastry is wonderfully flaky.

Typed by Delores E. Rowe.

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