Apple Baklava

Just in time for the Holidays, this Apple Baklava is a wonderful recipe to serve at a lunch or dinner party. Layers of phyllo pastry are brushed in butter and sandwiched between layers of sugar and nuts. Once baked, the dough is moistened with a delicate sugar syrup. The result is a delicious crispy and sticky sweet treat.

Makes 12 baklava

Variety Tip: *Your favourite baking apple can be used in this recipe

Ingredients

1 cup Walnuts and Pistachios, crushed
2 tbsps Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
225 gm Phyllo pastry dough
1 cup melted butter
1 cup Ontario apples*, diced small

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Using 5 sheets of pastry, brush butter in between and stack them
  3. Make an indentation with a cookie cutter and cut around with a scissors
  4. With the rest of the pastry, stack 2 -3 sheets by brushing butter in between and cut in squares or rectangles
  5. Add the rectangles to a buttered muffin pan Mix together the apple, cinnamon and sugar and spoon into the center, cover with a disc, add more filling and add another disc
  6. Bake for 10 – 15 minutes

Recipe developed for Ontario Apple Growers by Kravings Food Adventures

 

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