Baklava - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb. each finely chopped walnuts and almonds
    3/4 c. sugar
    2 tsp. cinnamon
    1 lb. filo (pastry sheets)
    1 lb. sweet butter, melted
Preparation
    In 12 x 18-inch pan place 1 sheet of pastry.
    Brush with melted butter.
    Do this with 5 more sheets of pastry.
    Starting with the 6th sheet, brush with butter, then sprinkle with nuts and sugar/cinnamon mixture. Do this with each sheet until 6 sheets are left.
    Continue to layer remaining sheets, brushing with butter. Bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 hour.
    Pour hot syrup over baklava and let stand for 3 hours.

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