Boorma

Fillo Dough
2 1/2 cups walnuts, finely chopped
2 1/2 tbs cinnamon
1/2 lb UNsalted or sweet butter, melted
1 cup Crisco, melted
1 cookie pan w/ sides
1 dowel stick: appx 1 1/2' X 3/4"
Syrup

Make syrup first and let cool.

Combine nuts and cinnamon.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

1.  Lay out one sheet fillo dough.  Butter entire top of sheet lightly.  Put another sheet over the first one.  Don't butter this one.  Sprinkle some of the nut mixture over it.

2.  Roll these 2 layers loosely on dowel stick.  Push ends together to "scrunch" dough and form wrinkles then push off dowel and place on cookie sheet.

Repeat steps 1 & 2 until all dough and nut mixture has been used.

Bake in oven for 15 minutes.  Remove from oven and spoon appx. 1 tbs. melted crisco over each Boorma.

Return cookies to oven and bake another 15 - 20 minutes.  Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.  Cut each Boorma into thirds and then pour syrup over and through each cookie.

Makes appx. 2 - 3 dozen cookies.

Syrup

2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 tsp lemon juice

Put all ingredients in medium saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves and syrup looks light yellow.
 
 

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