VEGAN CHOCOLATE AND MAPLE BAKLAVA

Steps:

• Unroll pastry sheets and cover with damp towels and plastic wrap. Heat oven to 350. Place one sheet of dough in a 9x13" pan and brush with butter substitute. Place another sheet on top, brushing with butter substitute, and repeat until half the sheets have been used.
• Sprinkle on walnuts, chocolate chips, and the 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
• Place the rest of the dough sheets on top, brushing each with butter substitute. Press down around edges and, with a knife, make five evenly-spaced length-wise incisions so that you wind up with six long strips. Make diagonal cuts every 1.5", so that your six long strips become diamond-shaped pastries. (Feel free to cut squares, instead.).
• Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until puffy and golden.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients except the maple flavor in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until boiling and boil for five minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in maple flavor; refrigerate until baklava is ready.
• Pour syrup over baklava as soon as it comes out of the oven and let cool.