Baklava: A Greek Classic

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Today I'm sharing my favorite recipe for homemade baklava! While this Greek recipe may appear complicated (and it is time consuming) it's actually quite simple to make.

Ingredients
16 oz Phyllo dough¹ thawed (454g)
¾ lb finely chopped nuts² (340g)
1/4 cup light brown sugar³ firmly packed (50g) (you may substitute granulated sugar)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1 – 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter⁴ melted (226g – 339g)
SYRUP
1 cup water 236ml
1 cup granulated sugar 200g
1 lemon slice
2 Tablespoons lemon juice fresh-squeezed preferred
1 cinnamon stick
1 whole clove
1/2 cup honey 118ml
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
Semisweet or dark chocolate for drizzling (optional)

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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Combine nuts, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in the basin of a food processor⁵ and pulse until nuts are finely chopped (about eight 1-second pulses). Set aside.
01:13 Brush melted butter evenly over the bottom and up the sides of a metal 9×13” baking dish⁶ (see note). Run a clean kitchen towel under water and thoroughly wring it out so it is still damp but not dripping. Remove the phyllo from the packaging and lay it on a clean workspace, then lay the damp towel overtop. It is important to recover the phyllo with this towel each time you take a sheet or it will dry out.
02:15 Lay one sheet of phyllo onto the bottom of your pan, trim any excess (I use a paring knife). I have found the easiest way to transfer the thin, fragile phyllo is to carefully roll it up, move it to the pan and line up the edges, then carefully unroll. Most packages of Phyllo have a few more sheets than you actually need in case you accidentally tear some! Brush the surface of the phyllo all over with melted butter.
03:09 Layer another sheet of phyllo over the first and lightly brush all over with butter. Repeat until you have 10 buttered sheets.
03:42 Sprinkle approximately ¾ cup of the nut mixture (or one fourth of the mixture) evenly over the phyllo.
04:19 Lay a sheet of phyllo over top and brush with melted butter, repeat until you have 5 buttered sheets.
04:51 Evenly sprinkle another ¾ cup of the nut mixture, then add another 5 buttered phyllo sheets, then another ¾ cup of the mixture, 5 more buttered sheets, ¾ of the mixture, and then finally 10 buttered phyllo sheets. Be sure to brush the top with butter as well.
The layout goes like this: 10 sheets, nut mixture, 5 sheets, nut mixture, 5 sheets, nut mixture, 5 sheets, nut mixture, 10 sheets. While baklava isn’t difficult to make, it is time consuming to unroll, brush, and layer so many sheets of phyllo!
06:39 Place the pan in the freezer for 20 minutes. While it chills, preheat the oven to 325F (160C).

Making cuts on Baklava
06:51 Remove the baklava from the freezer and using a sharp knife cut into diamond or square shaped pieces. I usually do 5 cuts straight down and 13 cuts diagonally. Sprinkle a few drops of cold water over the surface to keep the phyllo from curling and bake on 325F (160C) for 60-75 minutes or baklava is golden brown.

Syrup (prepare while baklava is in oven)
08:42 While baklava is baking, prepare the syrup by combining water, sugar, lemon slice and juice, cinnamon stick, and clove in a small saucepan and bringing to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.
09:27 Remove from heat and stir in honey and vanilla extract. Allow mixture to cool while baklava finishes baking.

09:48 Once baklava has finished cooking, remove the clove, cinnamon stick, and lemon slice from the syrup then immediately pour evenly over baklava.
10:06 Allow baklava to cool uncovered at room temperature for at least 4-6 hours (preferably overnight) before enjoying.

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A little tip to save time would be to place the pan on top of the stack of dough and then you could measure the size and cut all the sheets at once on the counter with a pizza cutter. Thanks for another great video.

tomhonsinger
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This is amazing! I like how you include different cultures

sreeshivanidhi
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Thank you very much for the recipe. Baklava is one of my wife's favorite. Your recipe seems simple & fun. Take care.

eldridgesmart
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Best video directions ever for this recipe! You made it look simple. I’m going to add it to my Turkey Day dessert tray❤️

charlenecole
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Great job on this one Sam. I love baklava but have never made it myself. You make it seem so simple like you do all your recipes. I can't quite figure out why you don't have more subs. You are so amazing. I'm over 60 and I admit I don't know how to share but I'm gonna figure it out just for you. I want to see your channel grow. You hooked me years ago with The Worst Chocolate Chip Cookie and I just love everything you do. To have someone test out recipes and perfect it before placing it in front of us is a great time and money saver. I never doubt that what I try of yours will be perfect. Have a great holiday season and keep those treats coming! I'm pulling for you!

Ocheri-
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i love baklava. the food was so good in the middle east it was hard to leave

ibnkhaldoun
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Omg I love the way you pronounced it😊 in my country we pronounce it as "buck-laa-va"

siddiquifamily
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Please can you give phyllo dough ricipi

Dasbidur
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You can try making dobos torte, medovik and gulab jamun next.

youdonthavetoknowmyname
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Is there a way to cut this without damaging my non-stick pan? I’ve tried several recipes from your blog and they always turn out wonderfully!

abipod
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OMG this looks good 🤤I am definitely going to try making it

rabiabhatti
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Best recipe ever
I'm Egyptian so I know what I'm saying

rosamanno
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Turkish baklava is better than greek baklava🤤😍❤️

aslimanayurt
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I swear by your recipes, and my friends are asking me to make their favs for our holiday hangout! Like 90% are from your blog!

hallevincent
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Sam, you are so awesome. i am still trying to master toffee. But a question please about this recipe as I have a strong sweet tooth for this dish. Other recipes I have studied use clarified butter. Not real sure what that is, but is that what you use here?

dalebranham
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I can't wait to try this over our holiday break, when there's no lessons to plan or assignments to grade! Love that it's homemade, and also love that you didn't tell us to make our own phyllo ;) Is there a reason you didn't trim the dough as one big batch before putting it in the pan? Would it end up sealing the edges together?

lizap
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I discovered your channel by the Nutella stuffed cookies, and I must say those were the best cookies I’ve ever tried, I was mainly making them for my siblings since I’m not a big fan of cookies but they’re so good that I made them again the next day. Thank you for sharing your recipes and I’m so happy I found your channel!

Re-smjd
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I have always wanted to make baklava but I’ve always been too intimidated. I’m going to have to try this now!

lauriechiasson
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Thanks for the recipe...which nuts do you use? what combination?

MTGee
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What is phylo dough? Here they don't sell it. Sad. I have to skip this recipe

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