Dear Oreo Cake Ball

Dear Oreo Cakeball,
Thank you for making my Friday better! I don't care if you are full of calories...I welcome your sugary deliciousness.

The week has been full of nonstop activity, rushing around like crazy, late nights, writing papers, paying bills, etc. I hereby combat all that with your crunchy tastiness!

Delicious Chocolate Honey Walnut Phyllo Log

I made a Bulgarian banitsa for Thanksgiving yesterday. Today, I made some super simple phyllo dough pastries with saffron-scrambled eggs, two cheeses, and pine nuts! I will post both recipes soon. This afternoon, my project was to use the remaining 12 phyllo sheets and a half bag of walnuts because their expiration date seemed eminent... My idea was to make some sort of walnut honey phyllo triangles, but I ended up making cinnamon walnut honey phyllo logs with chocolate and marshmallows in one half and nutmeg in the other (just in case adding either ingredient made it taste terrible!) It turned out rather well and seems very tasty! Here is what it looks like all finished!

Ingredients

- 2 cups finely-chopped walnuts (*optional to chop them while watching Ancient Aliens)

- 1 cup honey

- 1/2 tsp of cinnamon (and some more sprinkling of it too)

- 1/4 tsp salt (seemed like a good idea)

- nutmeg to sprinkle

- egg wash (one egg w/ splash of milk)

- melted butter 

                      

Here's what I did...

- Added honey, walnuts, cinnamon, and salt into a small saucepan and cooked for a few minutes on medium heat until it was a nice mixture. I ended up sprinkling some more cinnamon in the pot twice...

- Made egg wash and melted butter

- Buttered cookie sheet and placed one phyllo layer upon it

- Drizzled some butter over it and added another sheet

- Drizzled egg wash over this one

- Added 12 sheets, alternating between butter and egg wash. On top of sheets 5 and 9, I added a stripe of chocolate, some marshmallows (just on one side and just because it seemed interesting. At sheet 10, I added a healthy dusting of nutmeg and a drizzle of honey.

- Finally, I spread the walnut/honey mix from left to right across the middle of the sheets

- Next, I rolled it up into a log and drizzled egg wash and then some butter over the top.

- I added a glop of walnut mix on the top and a stripe of chocolate on one side.

- BAKE at 325 for 30 minutes (* possibly taking it out a few minutes early to add marshmallows so they can toast on the top, if you like that sort of thing...) The temp and time were averages of what I found via the internetz for honey walnut triangles or walnut rolls...

- End result = DELICIOUS and now I have a treat for the whole weekend!

Namoura / Kullaj / Warbat - THE Most Fabulous Dessert!

WARNING: You may make this dessert and never stop making it. 
ADVICE: Send some to me, I'll help you do away with it!

Kullaj is a Middle Eastern dessert that is FABULOSITY itself! It is also called Namoura and Warbat and consists of phyllo dough stuffed with a cheese custard, a hint of sweetness, and crushed pistachios on top! It is VERY DELICIOUS. Now, this is not Kanafe, but is one of its cousins. I learned that it is particularly associated with the Ramadan holiday (which is today). Even Trip Advisor says it's the "best dessert in Jerusalem".
Here is a recipe
and....Here is another recipe