Shëndetlie Me Mjaltë - cooking recipe

Ingredients

200 g sugar
2 eggs
120 g butter, at room temperature
80 g nuts, of your choice (either almonds, pistachios or walnuts)
3 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon baking soda
500 g flour
3 cups water
3 cups sugar
vanilla, to taste

Preparation

Beat the eggs and the sugar with an electric mixer until the mixture thickens and turns a very pale yellow. Add butter, 3/4 of the nuts (ground or chopped), honey, soda and flour.
Continue by kneading the dough with your hands, but it should remain soft and fluffy (not like cookie dough).
Put the dough in a pan, smooth it with a spatula and bake at 180\u00b0C for 35-40 minutes or until the surface is light brown. Take it out of the oven and let it cool.
For syrup, boil the water with the sugar and some vanilla for about 7 minutes, until it thickens, and continue stirring it the entire time. Let it cool down for a bit, until it is mildly warm and still relatively liquid.
When the pastry is cool, pour the syrup over and sprinkle everything with the remaining nuts. Let the whole thing cool down, so the syrup really thickens.