Categories: Pastry Dessert

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 3 1.2 cups shredded coconut
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. water
• Pastry:
• 1 (26-sheet) pkg. phyllo dough
• 1 cup clarified butter, melted
• Syrup:
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water juice of 1/2 lemon

Directions

1. To make the filling: Mix coconut, sugar and water.

2. To make the pastry: Thaw phyllo and unroll. Separate 13 layers of phyllo, brush with melted butter and stack up in 17 × 12-inch jellyroll pan.

3. Spread with coconut filling. Repeat with remaining phyllo and butter. Cut diamond pattern in pastry with sharp knife, cutting right down to tray. Bake at 400 degrees until lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes.

4. To make syrup: boil sugar, water and lemon juice 2 minutes.

5. When baklava is done, remove from oven and add syrup to tray while hot. Serve when cool.

6. makes 48 pieces

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