Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9×13-inch glass baking dish.
2. In the bowl of a KitchenAid® Pro Line® Series Cordless Hand Blender, pulse the walnuts and pistachios in batches until finely chopped. Transfer to a mixing bowl and stir together with cinnamon and pepper.
3. Lay 2 pieces of the phyllo dough in the buttered pan and brush with butter. Repeat, 2 slices at a time, until 8 pieces of phyllo have been stacked. Sprinkle with about 1/4 cup of the nut mixture. Top with two pieces of phyllo and butter, followed by 1/4 cup of nut mixture. Repeat until all the nut mixture has been used. The top layer of the baklava should be 6-8 slices thick and buttered on top.