"Baklava" - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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4 lb. ground nuts (walnuts, pecans or almonds)
1 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 lb. margarine, melted
2 lb. filo dough
Preparation
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Grind nuts fine and mix with sugar and spices.
Grease 11 x 16-inch pan (not a cookie sheet) with butter.
Place 4 sheets of filo into pan.
Brush each sheet with butter.
Sprinkle with nuts thinly.
Cover with 3 sheets of filo, brushing each with butter. Add mixture of nuts again as before.
Repeat this until all nuts are used.
End with 3 sheets of filo on top.
Brush with final butter.
Slice the entire thing into diamond shapes to aid in baking.
Preheat oven to 300\u00b0.
Place in oven.
Cook for 1 hour, until lightly brown.
Remove from oven.
Let cool.
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