Hello Everyone,
Baklava is super duper yummy but it seems so hard to make.
Well guess what kids. It is super easy! Super duper easy!
First pictures and then the recipe. Try it. Love it. You are welcome.
I know something is good...when my family eats it...ALL. By the next day these beauties were history. THEN they asked me to make MORE. Here is the thing, my family doesnt really like sweets (CRAZY RIGHT!!! I should disown them) so when they want more, that means they really like them.
Here is the recipe (taken from
Party Cakes - by Mich Turner)
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups finely chopped toasted pistachios
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2/3 cup unsalted butter - melted
1 lb. phyllo pastry (totally buy the frozen kind)
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
scant 1 cup water
Directions:
1. Make the syrup. Place the sugar and the water into a pot. Bring to boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, until thicken. Set aside.
2. Mix together the nuts and powdered sugar. Preheat the oven to 323. Line a 7x11x2 pan with parchment paper (I used 9x13). Brush with butter (yummy!).
3. Taking one sheet of phyllo pastry at a time, keep the remainder covered with a damp cloth. Brush with melted butter and lay in the baking pan. Repeat with 5 layers of dough. Spread half the nut mixture over and press down with the back of a spoon.
4. Add another 5 layer of pastry, brush with butter and spoon over the remaining nuts. Cover with 5 layers of pastry. Cut the baklava into strips and then diamonds. Pour the remaining butter all over it.
5. Bake for 20 minutes, then increase the temperature to 400 and bake for additional 15 minutes until rich golden in color and well risen.
6. Remove from the oven and drizzle the syrup over the baklava. Allow to cool in the pan, then remove, and then eat.
Enjoy!
Love and Frosting,
Cup-e-Cake Gang
