Mrs Zs Secret Ingredient Baklava

Ingredients

• Baklava Syrup:
• 1/2 cup mild-tasting honey
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 stick cinnamon
• Juice from 1/2 a lemon
• Baklava:
• 1 cup graham crackers, finely crushed (The secret ingredient!)
• 1 1/2 pounds walnuts or almonds (I use walnuts, as did my Mom.)
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 pound butter, melted and clarified (Skim off the milk solids and don't use the stuff in the bottom of the pan.)
• 1 pound filo dough
• Whole cloves

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