Baklava - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. finely chopped blanched almonds
1 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 lb. phyllo pastry sheets
2 c. sweet butter, melted (do not use margarine)
syrup (recipe follows)

Preparation

Combine almonds, sugar and cinnamon.
Place 8 sheets of phyllo (one at a time) in bottom of 8 x 14 x 2-inch pan, brushing each with melted butter.
Sprinkle generously with nut mixture.
Place 2 butter sheets of phyllo on top.
Sprinkle with nut mixture; add 2 butter sheets.
Continue layering nut mixture and phyllo dough until all nut mixture is used.
Place remaining phyllo sheets on top, buttering each sheet before placing in pan.
With a sharp knife, cut Baklava into small diamond shapes.
Place a pan of water on lower shelf in preheated 300\u00b0 oven.
Bake Baklava on middle shelf for 3 hours, making sure water pan is always full.
Remove from oven and pour cool syrup over pastry.