Baklava with Chocolate Chips

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Ingredients

• 1 box phyllo dough sheets (thawed)
• 2-1/2 sticks butter, divided
COOKIE DOUGH
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts of your choice (optional)
BROWN SUGAR DRIZZLE
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• Cream together 1-1/2 sticks butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar.
• Add milk and vanilla.
• Add salt, flour, chocolate chips and nuts.
• To Assemble Dish:
• Preheat oven to 350
• Spray 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray
• Layer 10 phyllo dough sheets one at a time, dabbing/brushing each with a little melted butter (I basically drizzle about a teaspoon of butter over the phyllo dough and use my fingers to spread it around the sheet)
• Sprinkle one-half of the cookie dough over the buttered phyllo sheets. Press gently.
• Layer another 10 phyllo dough sheets, buttering each one.
• Add remaining cookie dough. Press gently.
• Finish up with remaining phyllo dough sheets (about 20 of them), buttering every sheet or two.
• BEFORE baking, use a very sharp knife to cut baklava into squares (or diamonds).
• Bake until golden (approx. 30-45 minutes).
• WHILE BAKING, make brown sugar drizzle by heating up water and brown sugar until boiling. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add vanilla.
• ONCE baklava come out of oven, drizzle with brown sugar mixture while still warm.
• Allow baklava to cool completely before removing from baking dish