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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 2. Finely chop half of the chopped walnuts, and all of the chopped almonds. | 3. Mix nuts with spices, stir well, and set aside for now -- | 4. Cut the sheets of phyllo dough in half lengthwise, then stack the cut sheets on top of each other. | 5. Remove 6 phyllo dough sheets, and cover the rest with a moist, clean towel. | 6. Place one sheet of phyllo dough in the bottom of a greased 9 x 12 pan (or whatever works) and lightly spray it with oil. Cover with another sheet, oil, and repeat this step until all 6 sheets are stacked on top of each other. Sprinkle one third of the nut mixture evenly over the phyllo dough in the pan. | 7. Add 6 more phyllo dough layers using the process above, add more nuts, repeat etc. | 8. Using a sharp, oiled knife, cut the whole pan of phyllo dough vertically and horizontally, into as many pieces as appropriate. | 9. Bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes, lower the heat to 300°F and bake for about another 20 minutes, check to see if it's golden brown on the top, it might take an additional 10 minutes or so -- | 10. While that's baking, mix the sugar, lemon juice, and maple syrup over low heat until it thickens. Once thickened, remove from heat, stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. | 11. Pour the mixture over the baklava as soon as it is done and out of the oven. | 12. Let the baklava cool in the fridge before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
walnut	3	cups		5781.36	0.0	0.0	654.0
almond	1	cup		1927.12	0.0	0.0	218.0
cinnamon	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
clove	1	teaspoon		5.754	1.3761	0.1254	0.273
phyllo dough	12	sheets		681.72	119.928	16.188	13.68
olive oil	1/2	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	1/4	cup		13.42	4.209	0.2135	0.1464
maple syrup	2	tablespoons		104.0	26.816	0.016	0.024
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
almond extract	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.