Easy Peasy Baklava - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 (375 g) packs phyllo pastry
    1 1/4 cups walnuts
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    250 g unsalted butter
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1 cup water
    2 tablespoons lemon juice
Preparation
    Mix together sugar, water and lemon juice in saucepan; boil 15 - 20 minutes and let cool.
    Crush walnuts and add cinnamon in blender.
    Melt butter in saucepan.
    When pastry is at room temperature, use 1/2 of one 375g pack and place it in rectangluar pan; is ok is filo folds back over itself.
    Brush with butter
    Sprinkle 1/2 of the walnuts; spread across pastry.
    Repeat process with other 1/2 of the 375g pack.
    Repeat process again with the SECOND pack of 375g filo pastry as stated above; finish with pastry layer.
    Using a SHARP knife, cut pastry into diagonal shape
    Pour remaining melted butter slowly over pastry.
    Cook in preheated oven at 170C for 60 minutes or until golden brown.
    Remove from oven; wait 5 minutes and pour syrup mixture over baklava.
    When is completely cool, you can serve.
    HINT HINT -- I enjoy it while still warm!
    Recipe is IDEAL for freezing!
    Enjoy.

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