Baklava (Rolled Variety)
- 1 pound phyllo (filo) pastry sheets
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 5 cups walnuts ground
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups honey
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 12 ounces apricot preserves (jam)
- 3 tablespoons water
- Spread out one sheet of filo dough.
- Dab or lightly brush with oil.
- Over this, place another sheet of filo dough.
- Brush 2nd sheet with oil and sprinkle lightly over whole sheet with dry filling (nuts, sugar and cinnamon).
- Place a third sheet of filo dough over first two, sprinkle with oil and lightly sprinkle dry filling.
- Roll the 3 sheets up tightly as you would a jelly roll.
- Slice diagonally into 1 inch pieces and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Repeat until all the filo dough and filling have been used, using three sheets for each roll.
- Brush tops of baklava pieces with melted margarine and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake at 350F (180C) for 20 minutes.
- While baking, prepare syrup in a saucepan.
- Heat honey, sugar, and water together and bring to a boil.
- Don't overcook.
- Let cool a bit and then pour over baklava pieces (which you have placed on their sides in a jelly roll pan so the syrup seeps into the pastry.
- You can turn them once to make sure they are completely saturated.
- When ready to serve, place in little paper cups.
- Look very elegant on a sweet table.
phyllo, vegetable oil, walnuts ground, sugar, cinnamon, honey, sugar, water, apricot preserves, water
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/baklava-rolled-variety-45396 (may not work)