BAKLAVA COOKIES
INGREDIENTS
- Baklava Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 1/3 or more orange juice concentrate
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 3 cup flour
- Syrup:
- 1 Cupsugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup honey
- Rolling Mixtures:
- 1 1/2 cup chopped fine, walnut (can use pecans)
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
- Heat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease cookie sheet.
- Use mixer and make a medium dough that will not stick to hands.
- Add the 1/3 cup concentrate first then gradually add a Tbsp. more at a time if necessary.
- Pinch off a clump big fist size of dough and roll out with your palms to form a big pencil shape about 1/2 inch wide.
- Use knife and cut 1 1/2 inch pieces, cut on an angle (you should have a 1 1/2 inch piece of dough with points...an irregular triangle shape.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned.
- While cookies are baking, boil syrup ingredients for 5 minutes.
- Let cookies cool slightly and dip in syrup (doesn't have to be hot) and roll each one in rolling mixture.
- Place on wire rack to cool.
- These are melt in your mouth cookies, with a traditional baklava taste