Puff Pastry Baklava – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Puff pastry baklava bites are pleasant, bite-sized treats that provide a contemporary twist on the normal Greek dessert, baklava. These miniature pastries are made by filling buttery, flaky puff pastry cups with a candy honey and nut filling.

About 20 years in the past, my brother-in-law launched me to baklava by the use of a Christmas present. It was his favourite meals on the time, so we picked up an unlimited tray of baklava and punctiliously gift-wrapped it for him.

On Christmas Eve, he opened his present and the enjoyment was palpable. He shared it with us and I beloved it from the primary chunk. Since then, I’ve fortunately loved baklava at each alternative.

Baklava with Puff Pastry

My buddy Lynne made this baklava whereas visiting me as soon as upon a time (and I fortunately devoured the scrumptious outcomes) however I’ve by no means a lot as tried my hand at making it at residence. As you already know, I not often spend that type of time on a single recipe. (Not that it by no means occurs, nevertheless it’s a rarity for positive.)

The second I noticed Baklava Bites within the Brilliant Bites cookbook, I knew I’d be making them as quickly as doable. It’s such a wise concept! Flaky, buttery, puff pastry varieties the shell for an irresistible filling of roasted nuts, honey, and heat spices.

Baklava Bites

My buddy Maegan has a model new cookbook out and simply flipping by means of it is sufficient to make my mouth water. You probably know her as TheBakerMama on Instagram, the place she has been creating spectacular boards for years now.

Her newest cookbook is Brilliant Bites: 75 Amazing Small Bites for Any Occasion. The recipes for Baklava Bites and the Chocolate Hazelnut Babka Bites caught my eye straight away. They’re terrific shortcuts to the flavors we love. And sure, I’ve made each recipes already.

The baklava bites are simply made with puff pastry as a substitute of phyllo dough for a near-effortless technique to get pleasure from baklava. Crammed with crunchy nuts, cinnamon, and honey, that is a tremendous dessert that tastes a lot fancier than it really is.

Each time I open one in all Maegan’s books I instantly need to name and buddy and plan a get-together. There’s one thing further enjoyable about sharing small bites and boards with buddies on an evening at residence, isn’t there?

Puff Pastry Baklava

You’ll want the next components to make this recipe:

• roasted combined nuts
• puff pastry
• butter
• honey
• lemon juice
• cinnamon

Straightforward Baklava Recipe

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Evenly spray a 24-cup mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Utilizing a rolling pin, roll out the puff pastry into a ten x 15-inch rectangle. Minimize the rectangle into twenty-four equally sized squares.

Place a sq. of puff pastry into every ready muffin cup, urgent gently on the bottoms and up the edges in order that the corners level up.

In a medium bowl, stir collectively the chopped nuts, melted butter, ⅓ cup of honey, lemon juice, and cinnamon till evenly mixed.

Divide the nut combination into the puff pastry cups, about ½ tablespoon of the nuts for every cup.

Bake for quarter-hour, or till the nuts are calmly toasted however not burned, and the pastry is golden brown.

Let cool within the pan for five minutes earlier than transferring the bites from the pan to the parchment-lined baking sheet.

Drizzle the tops of the bites with the remaining honey. Let the honey soak in whereas the bites cool fully, about 1 hour, earlier than serving.

These bites will be made prematurely and saved in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days at room temperature or as much as 1 week within the fridge. Serve at room temperature.

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