Walnut Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 lb walnut pieces, chopped fine
    1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/4 cup sugar
    18 sheets phyllo dough
    1 lb unsalted butter, melted
    2 cups water
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1 lemon wedge
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 375.
    Mix nuts, cinnamon, cloves, and 1/4 cup sugar and set aside.
    Brush 3 sheets of phyllo with butter and stack on top of each other. Sprinkle evenly with thin layer of nut mixture. Repeat with 3 more sheets and another layer of nuts. Roll up like a cinnamon roll. Brush top of roll with butter.
    Repeat to make 2 more rolls.
    Cut each roll in 1\" slices. Place slices next to each other in baking pans.
    Bake 30 minutes, until pastry is brown.
    Meanwhile, make glaze. Combine 2 cups water, 1 1/2 cups sugar and piece of lemon in pot and simmer about 10 minutes.
    Pour warm syrup over cookies as soon as they come out of the oven.

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