Name: Easy Baklava Bites Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: For Syrup:; ½ cup water; ⅓ cup granulated sugar; ¼ cup honey; 1 ½ tsp lemon juice; ⅛ tsp fine sea salt; For Bites:; ¾ cup Fishers Walnut Halves and Pieces; ¾ cup pistachios; 3 granulated sugar; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 2 pinches ground cloves; ⅛ tsp fine sea salt; ¼ tsp orange zest; 3 tbsp unsalted butter; 2 boxes mini fillo shells; 2 Melted dark chocolate

How To Make Easy Baklava Bites

You don’t need big baking pans to make these delicious baklava bites! Turn this classic Middle Eastern dessert into fun, mini snacks with our easy recipe.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Syrup:

½cup water120ml
⅓cup granulated sugar70g
¼cup honey80g
1 ½tsp lemon juice
⅛tsp fine sea salt

For Bites:

¾cup Fishers Walnut Halves and Pieces86g
¾cuppistachios96g
3granulated sugar38g
½tspground cinnamon
2pinchesground cloves
⅛tsp fine sea salt
¼tsp orange zestor lemon zest, optional
3tbspunsalted butter42g
2 boxes mini fillo shellsapproximately 30 pieces
2Melted dark chocolateor whipped cream, for decorating, optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sauce:

In a small saucepan, whisk together the water, sugar, honey, lemon juice, and salt.
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently.
Reduce heat to medium-low heat and allow to simmer about 8 to 10 minutes until reduced and thickened slightly. Set aside.

Bites:

Place a piece of parchment paper on a rimmed 18 x 13 inch baking sheet, then set aside.
Add walnuts and pistachios to a food processor along with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, salt, and orange zest.
Pour butter over the mixture then pulse several times until it’s you get small, crumbly pieces.
Spoon the nut filling into fillo cups to fill.
Transfer filled fillo cups to a prepared baking sheet.
Bake for about 9 to 10 minutes or until filling is warmed and set.
Remove from the oven then spoon syrup over each cup.
Drizzle with chocolate or pipe with whipped cream, serve, and enjoy!