Greek Custard Phyllo Triangles

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 6 large eggs
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 quart milk
• 16 ounces phyllo pastry sheets
• 6 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 lb sweet melted butter
• 1/3 cup water
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 beat eggs in saucepan; add sugar and blend.
• 2 gradually add milk and cook over medium heat, occasionally stirring.
• 3 combine cornstarch and water until dissolved.
• 4 slowly add to milk mixture as it heats, but before it boils.
• 5 cook until mixture thickens and comes to a hard boil.
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 add 1/4 cup butter and vanilla.
• 8 cut pastry sheets in to thirds and cover pastry with hot melted butter.
• 9 place about 1 tablespoon custard filling at bottom left corner of strip and fold the right bottom corner over it into a triangle.
• 10 continue folding back and forth into a triangle and cover with butter to end of strip.
• 11 place triangles, cut side down, on greased cookie sheet.
• 12 brush tops with melted butter and bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes.
• 13 dust with powdered sugar while warm.