Cookie Mix Baklava Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 (17 1/2 ounce) betty crocker sugar cookie mix
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 8 frozen miniature phyllo cups (from 2.1-oz package)
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°. spray bottom only of 9x13-inch pan with pam.
• 2 stir cookie base ingredients in large bowl until soft dough forms.
• 3 press in bottom of pan and bake 15 minute.
• 4 meanwhile in medium bowl, stir filling ingredients together (except phyllo) until well mixed & crumbly.
• 5 sprinkle mixture evenly over partially baked base.
• 6 crumble frozen phyllo shells evenly over nut mixture. bake 18-20 minutes or golden.
• 7 in a small microwaveable bowl, zap all glaze ingredients except vanilla for 1 minute on high, or until bubbly. stir in vanilla.
• 8 drizzle honey mix over phyllo. cool completely.
• 9 cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. drizzle each bar with 1/2 teaspoon honey before serving.