Chocolate and Maple Baklava Recipe #379929
When my family found this recipe in Pillsbury's "Best Desserts", we couldn't resist giving it a try - and of course, being a health nut, I couldn't resist the challenge of tweaking it into a lighter dish without compromising its flavor. As long as you like chocolate, there's no going wrong with this one!
1 hour | 20 min prep
28 bars
- 1/2 (8 ounce) package frozen phyllo dough, thawed
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/8 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
- Heat oven to 350. Place one sheet of dough in a 9x13" pan and brush with oil. Place another sheet on top and brush with oil; repeat until half the sheets have been used (about five).
- Sprinkle on walnuts, chocolate chips, and 2 tsps brown sugar.
- Place the rest of the dough sheets on top, layering each with oil. Press down around edges and, with a knife, make five evenly-spaced length-wise incisions so that you wind up with six long strips. Make diagonal cuts every 1.5", so that your six long strips become diamond-shaped pastries. (Feel free to cut squares, instead.).
- Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until puffy and golden-brown.
- Combine the rest of the ingredients except the maple flavor in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until boiling (stirring constantly). Remove from heat and stir in maple flavor; refrigerate until baklava is ready.
- Pour cooled syrup over baklava and let cool.
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