Easy Baklava - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 box phyllo dough, thawed
    1 cup butter, melted
    Syrup
    1 cup sugar
    1/2 cup water
    1 teaspoon lemon juice
    Filling
    1 cup finely chopped walnuts
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preparation
    Place 1 cup sugar, water,& lemon juice in a pan& bring to boil.
    Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    Cool.
    Lay out phyllo dough, cut in half& trim to fit a 9 by 13\" pan.
    Place 1/2 of dough in pan.
    Combine filling ingredients, and spread over phyllo dough.
    Cover with 2nd half of dough.
    With a serrated knife, cut into triangles.
    Drizzle evenly with melted butter.
    Bake at 350 degrees for appproximately 30 minutes, till golden brown.
    Remove from oven& pour cooled syrup over hot baklava.

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