Baklava (Paleo)

By mdancause

Ingredients

• Pie Crust:
• 1/4 cup Grass Fed Butter Melted
• 2 Eggs
• 1/4 Teaspoon Sea Salt
• 3/4 Cup Coconut Flour
• Baklava Filling:
• 2 T canned pumpkin
• 1/2 cup pitted dates chopped
• 2 T honey
• 1 cup walnuts or other nuts.
• 1 T Cinnamon
• 1 t cloves
• .5 t Vanilla
• For the Syrup
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 T Cinnamon
• 1 t cloves
• lemon zest to taste

Details

Servings 5
Adapted from fastpaleo.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325.

Make the coconut flour pie crust:
1. Mix all the ingredients together, it will be a little crumbly.
2. Take half the dough out fo the bowl a roll it between two sheets of parchment paper as thin as possible. Take flattened crust out of the paper and put on a baking dish. Do the same with the other half of the crust, but set the flattened crust aside.

Make the Baklava Filling:
Mix all ingredients in food processor
Spread evenly on the Pie crust.
Place other pie crust on top and pack down evenly.
Bake for 20-30 minutes, making sure it does not burn.

For the syrup
1. Mix all ingredients over a stovetop on low for 10 minutes while Baklava cooks.

Once the Baklava has finished cooking, pour syrup over evenly and place in the freezer until stiffened.

Best if refrigerated over night.