*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                       Trader Joe's Heroic Baklava

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Serving Size  : 24   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Copycat

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      Pound         phyllo dough
     1/2  Pound         butter -- melted
                        Nut Filling:
   1 1/2  Pounds        Walnuts, Unsalted
                        Toasted/ Coarse Chopped
   1      Cup           sugar
   1 1/2  Teaspoons     ground cinnamon
     1/2  Teaspoon      ground cloves
                        SYRUP:
   1      Cup           honey
     3/4  Cup           water
     1/4  Cup           sugar
   2      Tablespoons   lemon juice
   1      Sm. Piece     lemon peel
   1      Sm. Piece     orange peel
   1                    cinnamon stick -- 1 Inch

      Combine nuts, sugar, ground cinnamon and cloves. Set aside.
 Combine honey, water, sugar, lemon juice, lemon and orange peels
 and cinnamon stick in saucepan.
 Simmer 10 minutes.
 When syrup has cooled, discard peels and cinnamon stick. Set aside.     
 Unwrap phyllo dough and fold entire amount in half, like pages of book. 
Keep covered with dry kitchen towel while working. 
Turn over one sheet as if opening "book". brush with melted butter, 
using soft brush.
 Continue turning sheets and brushing with margarine until 1/3 have 
been brushed with butter.
 Lay flat in bottom of buttered 13"x9" baking pan.
 Cover with 1/2 of nut filling.  
Brush another 1/3 of pages and place over nuts in pan, laying flat. 
Top with remaining nut filling.
 Brush remaining pages and lay flat on top.
Brush top sheet with remaining margarine.      
With sharp knife, score pastry into diamonds, w
ithout quite cutting through to bottom.
 (To make diagonals, cut parallel horizontal cuts across pan, then cross
 diagonally from one end of each horizontal line). 
Bake at 350 degrees, 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed, crisp
 and deep golden in color.
 Immediately remove from oven and pour cooled syrup over baklava.
 Let stand 4 hours. 
When cool, cut through to bottom layer in scored cuts
. Makes about 24 pieces. 

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