Arabian Baklava

== Description ==
Great tasty Arabic baklava.
== Ingredients ==
* 4 cups finely chopped walnuts and pistachios
* 2 cups butter or Crisco or ghee
* 1 cup sugar
* 18 sheets of phyllo dough
=== Sugar syrup ===
* 2½ cups sugar
* 1½ cups water
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
== Directions ==
=== Sugar syrup ===
# In a pan put the water and sugar and heat until boiling.
# Add the lemon and leave in for another 15 minutes until the syrup starts to thicken
# Set aside to cool.
=== Baklava ===
# Preheat oven to 325 °F.
# Brush the surface of the baking tray ( square or rectangular shape 24 x40 cm) with oil.
# Melt the butter or the ghee.
# Put on layer of dough in the baking tray and brush it with the butter; repeat 6 times.
# On the side mix the walnuts and pistachios with the sugar
# Spread the walnut mix evenly on top of the dough.
# Put another layer of dough on top of the nuts and brush it with butter. 
# Repeat 12 times.
# Wet your fingers with water and gently wipe the last dough.
# Brush the last dough with butter generously.
# Cut the baklava into small squares.
# Put the baklava in the oven.
# Bake at 325 °F for about half an hour then at 450 °F for the last 5-10 minutes until it turns golden and crunchy.
# Take the baklava out of the oven and immediately pour the cooled sugar syrup on it.
# Serve at room temperature.
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