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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Oct 16, 2022 | Replies (2439)
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@jakedduck1

@contentandwell
Hi JK,
Yeah it's easy, at least it use to be. Making the dough is a pain though. Roll & roll & roll I'd never try it with a headache though. Once I got so impatient I wadded up the dough and threw against a window. I enjoyed that. No Baklava that day. You have to be able to see through the dough and that's thin and hard to work with. Use the store bought stuff. Super simple then. I think pistachios with some walnuts are best. I didn't care much for the hazelnuts. Roll the dough on a dowel if it's acting up. Just layer some then add the nuts layer some more and use plenty of butter on each layer. I think it's better if you mix some of the syrup with the nuts. Cook and pour syrup over it and chill. See, easy peasy. Much easier than fixing dinner. Maybe because it's so much better.
Jake

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JK | @contentandwell | Apr 7, 2019

@jakedduck1 I am sure it is delicious, but at this point in my life, I am not about to start adding more fattening, unhealthy foods to my repertoire. I rarely make baked goods, except maybe banana bread for my husband, or muffins for him, or cookies to give away. I was very heavy at one point, managed to lose weight and now do not need more temptations.
I always did use the store bought filo dough. No way would I attempt to make it.
JK

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2011panc | @2011panc | Apr 7, 2019

@jakedduck I laughed when you said 'roll the dough on a dowel'. When I was first married I was going to be a good wife and make my husband his favorite dessert - cherry pie. I had a fool-proof piecrust recipe that said to roll the crust onto the rolling pin to transfer it to the pan. I rolled it on the rolling pin, lifted the pin, and the crust quickly and promptly unrolled itself right onto the kitchen floor! Never did learn to make pie crust. If anyone wants to treat my husband, they can make him a pie! I am good at a lot of things but not that one . . . and I don't care! haha

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