Cheater Baklava

So, my client requested baklava and since it is a two day event before you can eat it and has tons of sugar and honey, I decided to make a scaled back version and it turned out great.


you need:

phyllo dough, thawed, about 14 sheets- keep covered with a damp towel ( not wet!) with to keep from drying out
1 stick butter, melted
1 Tb. ground cinnamon
2 cups walnuts
3/4 cup honey, divided
1/4 cup water

Heat oven to 400.
Have phyllo and butter ready.
In food processor, grind walnuts until very small, but not turned into nut butter. Add cinnamon and pulse to mix.
Drizzle 4 Tb. honey over that and pulse again to mix.
Lay out one sheet of phyllo on a large board or counter top.
Brush with melted butter. Fold in half, maintain the long edge. fold again, same direction. Brush down the length with the butter again. sprinkle about 2 Tb. of the nut mixture down the length of the dough and then fold up flag style. You'll end up with a small triangle. Brush top lightly with butter and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
Continue until you run out of the nuts or butter or both, makes about 14.
Bake at 400 for twenty minutes.
While they are baking, mix together the remaining honey and the water.
As soon as they are out of the oven, put into a smaller dish where they will be a little crowded and pour the honey water over the top. Sprinkle top with any remaining nut mixture.
Good with vanilla ice cream.