Shëndetlie Me Mjaltë

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 200 g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 120 g butter, at room temperature
• 80 g nuts, of your choice (either almonds, pistachios or walnuts)
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 500 g flour
• 3 cups water
• 3 cups sugar
• vanilla, to taste

Recipe

• 1 beat the eggs and the sugar with an electric mixer until the mixture thickens and turns a very pale yellow. add butter, 3/4 of the nuts (ground or chopped), honey, soda and flour.
• 2 continue by kneading the dough with your hands, but it should remain soft and fluffy (not like cookie dough).
• 3 put the dough in a pan, smooth it with a spatula and bake at 180°c for 35-40 minutes or until the surface is light brown. take it out of the oven and let it cool.
• 4 for syrup, boil the water with the sugar and some vanilla for about 7 minutes, until it thickens, and continue stirring it the entire time. let it cool down for a bit, until it is mildly warm and still relatively liquid.
• 5 when the pastry is cool, pour the syrup over and sprinkle everything with the remaining nuts. let the whole thing cool down, so the syrup really thickens.