How to Make Greek Baklava | Allrecipes

Greek baklava is one of the tastiest desserts out there, but it can also seem like one of the more intimidating recipes to make at home. Don’t worry–Nicole breaks it down and makes it easy, showing you the secrets to working with phyllo dough and serving baklava with minimal stickiness. This dish is filled (literally) with lots to love–between layers of buttery phyllo pastry is a delicious nutty filling spiced with cinnamon, then soaked in homemade honey syrup.

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0:00 Introduction
0:15 Make Walnut Filling
0:43 Layer Phyllo Dough
3:41 Score & Bake Baklava
4:58 Make Honey Syrup
5:33 Finishing Touches
6:12 Taste Test
6:46 How to Serve Baklava

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[sandrakeller]

I've made Baklava and Tiramisu for my son's wedding. I did not find my recipe so I looked online and watched several YouTubes. I liked yours the best. It was closest to the one I had made before and i enjoyed listening to you. Great job!

[jonquinones]

My grandmother was from the Canary Islands. I used to make this recipe 50 years ago. Love it.

[denicesanders]

I had a friend from Turkey who had Baklava sent from his mother. It was so good!

[sylviaseri]

My friend is Armenian and makes Baklava this same way. I have watched her make it many times! Great recipe!

[derya]

You did really great. I haven't eat Greek baklava yet but I ate Turkish baklava and really love it.

[leebrashear]

Made this today and it's the best recipe I ever made!!! My previous recipe always had sugar in the nut mix but I found it too sweet, so I tried it with only sweet was the syrup. It is fantastic! Thank you so much. <3

[sopdox]

No Greek pastry chef wastes time buttering phyllo that way. They dip the brush in the butter and sprinkle the leaves. The baklava still turns out great. The other thing is that the syrup and baklava need to be drastically opposite temperatures, otherwise it turns to mush. Make the syrup first and let it cook on the counter while you prepare the baklava, then put they syrup in the fridge to get cold while the baklava is in the oven. Spoon the very cold syrup onto the very hot baklava. Or you can cool your baklava in the fridge and then make the syrup and spoon it on. You can also substitute the butter with olive oil.

[lilsav]

I've never made baklava as I have always imagined it would be the most fiddliest and intricate recipe and process. So my ears pricked up when I saw you were cooking it and the video was only a few minutes! I can't wait to give this a try now that I know it's not as co.plicated as I imagined. Thanks for sharing your great tips and recipes.

[michellespiegel]

I absolutely love your Baklava recipe! I have made it at least a dozen times!! Thank you for sharing! ❤

[lyben]

Looks so good! I'm going to try this. Thanks for sharing!

[elainethompson]

Just tried it w/ coconut oil instead of butter bc I needed it to be heart healthier for an event...it works! You just gotta put it on the upper middle rack and cut the bake time by 10ish minutes. You could even make it vegan w/ maple syrup instead of honey. ❤

[MyAlbertC]

Thank you for sharing your demonstration of making baklava. Just one thing to help sweeten the last part of the recipe, I would use honey, only no sugar. Thank you for letting me post a comment 😊

[brendabardsley]

Love this recipe a must try to make very soon, I have eaten this from Greek cake shops in Melbourne in the 80, s

[rebeccamayers]

Really enjoyed watching the movie "Green fried tomatoes"....❤

[lylytorrence]

Yummy. I could eat that entire pan by myself
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[cherylpope]

This recipe is excellent and well done!! Thank you

[Thesimplestcooking]

I brought the filo pastry and this is the first recipe that I opened and liked a lot. Hope mine will be as yummy as yours In Sha Allah 🙂

[Ojb_]

I once volunteered at the Greek Festival here in New Orleans and all day made pans and pans of baklava with the local Yaya’s.

[poppywilliams]

That looks good! You just kicked me um...to the delish zone! Yummy, yum! Waving to you from south Georgia-land of best Peaches, boiled Peanuts, & Vidalia onions! 🥘🍲🦞🥧🌭🌮🍕🍟🫔🍿🥗🦐🍝🍠☕🫖🗽🚑🚒🚓

[stevelehman]

Love this recipe! It is so yummy! Thank you for sharing with us.