Baklava

Preheate the oven to 350 ºF and grease a 9x13 pan.

Chop walnuts and mix with cinnamon.

• walnuts: 300 g
• cinnamon: 3 g

Melt butter.

• butter: 225 g

Layer 2 sheets phyllo dough and butter. After 4 cycles, start adding 25 grams of nuts to each layer. Repeat 12 times. Leave the remaining sheets loose on top (should be about 8). There are 40 sheets in total -> (2 * 4) + (12 * 2) + 8

• phyllo dough: 1 pkg

Cut into 3 * 5, then cut diagonals. There should be 30 pieces total.

Bake for 50 minutes .

Boil water with sugar for a few minutes.

• water: 235 g
• sugar: 200 g

Add honey and vanilla.

• honey: 170 g
• vanilla: 5 g

Boil until the temperature gets to very early thread stage ( 223 °F at sea level minus 1 °F for every 500 ft. in elevation).

Immediately when the pastry finishes, pour the syrup evenly across the pan.