Baklava (Balaclava) Baking Lava (My Mind Is Not Functioning Properly)

[maychorian]

So I just spent five hours proofreading this really freaking big project for Vera Bradley.

MY EYES NO LONGER WORK. I THINK THEY JUST FELL OUT OF MY HEAD.

::picks eyeballs up off keyboard and pops them back into skull::

Agh.

In other news, I am contemplating baklava. I think I shall make a pan this weekend, because the recipe is not that difficult. And

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[redbyrd_sgfic]

Speaking of baklava, have you encountered maple-cashew baklava?

Maple Baklava

1 lb filo dough
1 1/4 butter (or margarine), melted
1 lb cashews, crushed

Cut filo dough to fit 9 x 13 greased cake pan. Place one sheet of filo
dough in the pan and brush with melted butter, repeat this process until 3-5
sheets line the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle nuts thinly over the sheet. Add
another sheet, brush with melted butter. Continue alternating 3-5 layers of
butter sheets with nuts until only 3 sheets remain. Sprinkle remaining
nuts, and continue placing and buttering last 3 sheets until all are used.
Cut in diamond shaped pieces. Bake in 300 degree oven for 45 minutes, then
raise the temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 15 more minutes. Pour
syrup over baklava.

Syrup:
2 c. granulated sugar
3/4 c. water
1 1/4 maple syrup
5 cloves
1 tsp lemon juice (or 1 slice lemon)

Combine ingredients in saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil about 5 minutes.
Pour syrup over hot baklava.

[maychorian]

Mmm, that looks deLICious.

Why don't I have a drool icon? That is a sad oversight.

Thanks for the recipe. Will try soon!