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Sweet Cheese Baklava

Sweet Cheese Baklava recipe
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What You Need

1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 pkg. (250 g each) Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup honey, divided
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
8 frozen phyllo sheets, thawed, cut in half crosswise
1/3 cup margarine, melted

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

MIX nuts, sugar and spices; set aside. Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup honey and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each.

LAYER phyllo in 13x9-inch pan, brushing each sheet with butter and sprinkling 1 rounded tablespoonful nut mixture between every other layer. Spread top with cream cheese mixture.

BAKE 25 to 30 min. or until cream cheese mixture is set. Heat remaining 1/4 cup honey; drizzle over baklava. Cool completely before cutting to serve.

kraft kitchens tips

How to Keep Phyllo From Drying Out
Keep phyllo sheets covered with a sheet of plastic wrap or parchment and a damp towel until ready to use.
How to Finely Chop Nuts
Process nuts and sugar in food processor until nuts are finely chopped.
Storage Know-How
Cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator up to 2 days. For best flavour, remove baklava from refrigerator about 30 min. before serving.

nutritional information

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most recent review

"If you like this, you are going to adore the original baklava!"
reviewed by: cook
on: 12/7/2009
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