Baklava - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 lbs. walnuts or pecans, chopped
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 lbs. butter
2 lbs. fila

Preparation

Mix chopped nuts, cinnamon and brown sugar together.
Grease a large 11 x 16 inch pan with melted butter.
Place 6 fila in pan, brushing each with melted butter.
Sprinkle with thin layer of nuts and cover with 3 fila, brushing each with melted butter. Alternate in this way until nuts and fila are used, topping with 6 butter fila.
Cut pastry into small diamond shapes.
Bake in slow oven - 300\u00b0 - for 1 1/2 hours until lightly browned.
Remove from oven and cool.
Pour warm syrup over pastry.