Konafah

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 7
• 1 lb konafah
• 1 lb butter, melted
• 1/4 lb walnuts
• 1/2 lb unsalted peanuts
• 1/4 lb coconut
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 --------preparationof syrup-------------.
• 2 add sugar to water, stir on mild-heat stove until dissolve.
• 3 add lemon juice and boil for 30- 45 minutes using minimum heat until it gets viscous and thick.
• 4 allow it to cool to room temperature.
• 5 add vanilla.
• 6 ------preparationof the nuts----------.
• 7 convert the nuts to small particle in the size of sesame seeds.
• 8 mix with coconuts and cinnamon.
• 9 --------preparationof konafoh ----------.
• 10 use 9 x i i inch tray; coat all sides of the tray with butter mix konafah with molten butter.
• 11 to do so, try to divide it to small pieces to be mixed with butter.
• 12 after mixing, divide konafah into two equal quantities.
• 13 spread the first half of konafah in the tray and try to press it and make its surface even.
• 14 spread the nuts mixture over it.
• 15 then, add and spread the second half.
• 16 press it with f-ingers, makes its surface even.
• 17 add the remainder amount of butter on the surface evenly.
• 18 bake in preheated oven (325 f) for about 20 minutes until the lower surface of kanafah turned into golden color.
• 19 turn the oven to broil until the upper surface turned into golden color.
• 20 sooner, remove it from the oven.
• 21 add the cold syrup to it evenly.
• 22 cover it with aluminum foil.
• 23 allow it cool.
• 24 · divide it into a 12 equal pieces.