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Baklava - No Honey

Baklava - No Honey Recipe

My husband makes these and they are elegant, delicious and not as sticky as the Greek version.
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Prep Time 45 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 36 cookies
Calories 352.1 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb phyllo dough
  • 2 lbs walnuts
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 lb unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons rose water
  • 16 ounces Karo light corn syrup

Instructions
 

  • MIx finely chooped walnuts, sugar and 1 heaping T rosewater set aside.
  • Render butter and skim off curdle.
  • Butter cookie sheets with curdle.
  • Lay 1 sheet dough & butter entirely.
  • Place another sheet over this and butter the ends.
  • Mound nut mixture along the short end of the dough and roll up.
  • Crimp the ends of the roll and place on cookie sheet
  • Place rolls tightly against each other
  • When sheet is full, butter the tops.
  • Diagonal cut while raw.
  • Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour (brown).
  • Syrup - In a sauce pan, mix 1 bottle of white Karo syrup lite with a little water and 1 heaping T rosewater. Boil.
  • Apply to bakliva while hot.
  • Let cooll completely before storinn in air tight plastic container. May be frozen.

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Nutrition

Serving: 2492gCalories: 352.1kcalCarbohydrates: 25.8gProtein: 4.8gFat: 27.5gSaturated Fat: 8.2gCholesterol: 27.1mgSodium: 71.1mgFiber: 1.9gSugar: 9.8g
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