Homemade Baklava

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Baklava is a phyllo dessert, filled with walnuts or other nuts and then soaked in syrup. In Albania we call it Bakllava.

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1. Make Dough

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Making the Dough

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Rolling Phyllo

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Filling

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Cutting Baklava

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Syrup

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That's a picture of me making phyllo. Check out my recipe in the blog with a video for full recipe. Thank you:)

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Homemade Baklava

Baklava is a phyllo dessert, filled with walnuts or other nuts and then soaked in syrup. In Albania we call it Bakllava.

1. Make Dough

2. Rolling Phyllo Layers

3. Filling with Walnuts

5. Syrup

4. Baking

Steps to Make Baklava From Scratch!