Baklava
From Gem's Vegetarian Cooking
Source: Mommy Logan
- 1 16 oz pkg phyllo leaves
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 2 cups walnuts, chopped
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs rose water
Spread butter on 9 X 13 pan, then layer filo leaves one at a time and spread with butter. After 1/2 of the leaves are layered spread on walnuts and sugar. Dribble on butter. Then finish layering leaves. Cut diagonally.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hr then at 450 degrees for 10 minutes longer.
Syrup:
Boil sugar, water and lemon juice until syrup stretches between fingers and doesn't break (about 10 minutes). Add rose water and boil a few minutes longer.
Cool to room temperature and pour over leaves when they come out of oven. Cool to room temperature and re-cut.
Nutritional Information
Servings Per Recipe: 24
4% of calories from protein
34% of calories from carbs
62% of calories from fat
| Calories | 264.75 |
| Total Fat | 18.49 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8.88 g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4.77 g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1.47 g |
| Omega-3 | 0.89 g |
| Omega-6 | 3.88 g |
| Cholesterol | 30.00 |
| Sodium | 91.71 mg |
| Potassium | 57.86 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 22.78 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.02 g |
| Sugars | 11.75 g |
| Protein | 2.83 g |
| Vitamin A | 8 % |
| Vitamin C | 0 % |
| Calcium | 1 % |
| Iron | 5 % |
| Vitamin D | 0 % |
| Vitamin E | 0 % |
| Vitamin K | 1 % |
| Thiamin | 9 % |
| Riboflavin | 5 % |
| Niacin | 4 % |
| Vitamin B6 | 3 % |
| Folate | 7 % |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 % |
| Biotin | 0 % |
| Pantothenic Acid | 1 % |
| Phosphorus | 5 % |
| Iodine | 0 % |
| Magnesium | 5 % |
| Zinc | 3 % |
| Selenium | 7 % |
| Copper | 9 % |
| Manganese | 21 % |
| Chromium | 0 % |
| Molybdenum | 0 % |
| Chloride | 0 % |
