Simple Bulgarian Banitsa

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 16 sheets phyllo dough, thawed
• 2 cups feta cheese
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter (melted)
• 1 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 1. preheat oven to 350 degrees, ( glass pyrex pan works great for this recipe) brush melted butter all over bottom amd sides of baking pan.
• 2 2. mix salt, cheese and milk and eggsin a bowl , combine and stir ingredients well.
• 3 3. put down 5 sheets of phyllo dough down in buttered pan and brush over with melted butter. you can also put down one sheet at a time and butter seperatelly.
• 4 4. pour enough of the mixture to cover phyllo sheets and top with 3 more sheets.
• 5 5. continue to repeat the process: put down 3 sheets and make sure to brush them well with butter then layer with mixture until all of the mixture is done, then cover with atleast 2 sheets. i preffer not to butter the top sheets as they tend to get very hard after the banitsa is done baking.
• 6 6. bake for 25-35 minutes or until golden, make sure mixture is cooked in the middle by cutting into banitsa. when the mixture is cooked it will not be runny.
• 7 7. once banitsa is done cover it with either a towell or the lid to the pan and let it sit and cool before cutting it or serving. covering it lets the steam soften the phyllo dough sheets.