Christmas Baklava

Ingredients

• Servings: 45
• 1 pound chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 (1 pound) packages brown sugar substitute (such as splenda ®)
• 2 cups sugar substitute (such as splenda)
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen phyllo dough, thawed
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, or as needed
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar for dusting

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 22 mins Ready Time: 37 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease a rimmed baking sheet or jelly roll pan.
• stir the pecans, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl until evenly blended. drizzle in the honey and vanilla, mixing well.
• place the brown sugar substitute, white sugar substitute, evaporated milk, and butter in a pan, and bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens, 12 to 15 minutes. gradually stir in the pecan mixture. remove from heat.
• unroll 3 sheets of phyllo and place in the prepared baking pan. dust lightly with flour. spoon a thin layer of the pecan-sugar mixture over the phyllo sheets. cover with 3 more phyllo sheets, dust with flour, and spoon the pecan-sugar mixture over the phyllo. repeat three more times ending with phyllo sheets on top, and using all the phyllo and pecan-sugar mixture to make a stack about 1 inch high.
• bake in preheated oven until top is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar, and cutting into 2 inch squares.