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| 1 | pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix |
| 1/2 | cup butter or margarine, softened |
| 1/2 | teaspoon grated lemon peel |
| 1 | egg |
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| 1 1/2 | cups chopped walnuts |
| 1/3 | cup granulated sugar |
| 1/4 | cup butter or margarine, softened |
| 1 | teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 1/8 | teaspoon salt |
| 8 | frozen mini fillo shells (from 2.1-oz package) |
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| 1/3 | cup honey |
| 2 | tablespoons butter or margarine, softened |
| 1 | tablespoon packed brown sugar |
| 1/2 | teaspoon lemon juice |
| 1/4 | teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 1 | teaspoon vanilla |
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| 5 | tablespoons honey |
| 1. | Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. |
| 2. | In large bowl, stir cookie base ingredients until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes. |
| 3. | Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir walnuts, granulated sugar, 1/4 cup butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and the salt with fork until mixture is well mixed and crumbly. |
| 4. | Sprinkle nut mixture evenly over partially baked base. With hands, crumble frozen fillo shells evenly over nut mixture. Bake 18 to 20 minutes longer or until golden brown. |
| 5. | Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave 1/3 cup honey, 2 tablespoons butter, the brown sugar, lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon uncovered on High 1 minute or until bubbly. Stir in vanilla. |
| 6. | Drizzle honey mixture evenly over fillo. Cool completely, about 2 hours. |
| 7. | For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Before serving, drizzle 1/2 teaspoon honey over each bar. Store covered at room temperature. |
| In step 2, bake crust 17 minutes. |
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| This recipe was one of fifteen winners in the 2007 Mix It Up with Betty! Cookie Mix Recipe Contest. More than $10,000 was awarded! |
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| Baklava (bahk-lah-VAH) is a sweet dessert made with layers of butter-drenched pastry, spices and nuts. A honey-lemon syrup is poured over the baked warm pastry and left to soak. The dessert is traditionally cut into triangles. |
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| You can find mini fillo shells in the freezer section of your supermarket. |
Nutrition Information:
250 ( 130); 14g ( 5g, 1g); 25mg; 115mg; 29g ( 0g, 21g); 2g 4%; 0%; 0%; 4% 2 ; 0 ; 1/2 ; 2 2