Baklava

I was feeling ambitious today and made some baklava. I have never made this before and looked for recipes on the internet. So I came up with my own concoction of those recipes with a few adjustments of my own.

I used one sleeve of phylo dough
1/2 pound of butter (melted)
about a cup of crushed walnuts
sprinkles of Tastefully Simple Caramel Cinnamon Sprinkles

For the sauce
1 c water
1 c sugar
boil until sugar dissolves
add
1 t more or less of vanilla
1 t lemon juice (I would have used a real lemon but did not have one)
1/2 c honey
brought this all to a boil for about 10 minutes
and at the last minute I decided to add some of the remaining melted butter from above.

I buttered a 9x12 baking dish
layered 2 sheets at a time of phylo dough and then spread melted butter on top of the dough until covered
did this a couple times and then sprinkled handfuls of nuts and the caramel cinnamon sprinkles
repeated until I ran out of dough.
Sprinkled some nuts and sprinkles on top
scored the dough I just did squares (I did this the whole way through)

baked for 30 min in 350 degree oven
when I took it out of the oven, I just poured the sauce mixture over top. It sizzled and smelled so good!!!!
I think you are supposed to wait until it cools to eat, but I could not resist and had to have a piece....had to taste test it!!!!!

I am happy with the results. Now Mr H needs to try some....

~~~Just to note - I am not a Tastefully Simple rep, nor am being reimbursed for this....I just happened to have it in my cupboard and thought to use this instead of plain cinnamon.~~~