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Baklava

Yield:- 9 Servings

Ingredients:-

Pastry:-
2 cups basic formula mix (do not pack)
1 egg
2 tablespoons water

Filling:-
2 cups slivered almonds
1/2 cup brown sugar. firmly packed
1 cup margarine, melted
1 tsp. cinnamon

Syrup:-
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
grated rind of 1 orange
grated rind of 1 lemon

To Make Pastry:-
Place mix in a bowl. Add egg & water, which have been blended with a fork. Blend until dry ingredients are thoroughly dampened.
Turn onto waxed paper. Knead 8 times. Roll into a ball and let rest in waxed paper 1/2 an hour.

To make Filling:- Mix together all ingredients for filling.

To Combine Baklava:-
Divide pastry into 4 portions. Roll out 1 portion very thin, on a lightly floured board, into a rectangle 8x16-inches. Cut rectangle in half to form 2 8-inch squares.
Place one square in bottom of 8x8x2-inch baking pan.
Spread 2 tablespoons of filling over this, place second layer of pastry on top of filling.
Rollout another portion of pastry as avove, continue making layers of pastry and filling.
Do not put filling on last layer of pastry.

To Make Syrup:-
Cobine all ingredients in a saucepan, boil for 5 minutes.

To Bake Baklava:-
Cut into 9 serviongs, Pour 3 tablespoons of syrup over it. Bake at 350ºF for 35 to 40 minutes.
Serve the reamining syrup (cooled) over the hot Baklava.