Baklava or baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman, Arab World and Iranian countries, including Greece. It is a pastry made of layers of filo dough filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. Ingredients 1 package philo dough 1 lb sweet cream butter melted 1 1/2 cups of finely chopped nuts of your choice 1/8 cup sugar 1/8 tsp cloves 1/8 tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp cinnamon 1 tbs water 1 cup simple Med. Syrup ground pistachio to decorate Simple Syrup: 2 cups sugar 1 cup water 2 tbs lemon juice 1 tbs rose water 1 tbs orange blossom water Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix nuts, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar in a bowl.Butter each later of the philo dough and layer 4 sheets at a time then add nuts and repeat the layers. Cut the pastry into any shape, most commonly squares or diamond shape. Place in oven and cook for 30-45 minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle the baklava while in the pan with the simple syrup and then let cool completely before serving. Top each piece with ground pistachio.