Dessert Triangles

Ingredients:

sheets of phyllo dough

butter, melted

anything you want to fill your desserts!*

* For our fillings. we used many different combinations using ricotta mixed with sugar and Kahlua, cream cheese mixed with sugar, key lime pie filling, fresh raspberries, fresh blackberries, chocolate chips, coconut shavings, almonds, and sliced banana.

Directions:

1. Cut your phyllo dough sheet in half lengthwise.

2. Brush phyllo sheet with melted butter.

3. Near the top of the sheet, place around 2 Tbsp worth of filling.

The examples above are ricotta, almonds and chocolate chips; key lime pie filling, cream cheese and bananas; and cream cheese, melted chocolate chips, raspberries.

4. Fold the top corner of your phyllo sheet over the top of your ingredients so that it forms a triangle.

5. Continue folding your triangle until you reach the end of the strip, making sure the edges are sealed.

6. Bake in the over at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 6 minutes or until edges are brown and crispy.

7. Top with your choice of toppings (we went for caramel syrup and powdered sugar) and serve immediately.

We finally used the phyllo dough we had leftover from making the money bags. The money bags were very fragile on the bottom, especially when moist ingredients like the cooked spinach were involved. Some of them actually burst apart when we tried to move them onto our plates to eat them. I think this triangle shape is the way to go when making phyllo dough treats. It's much sturdier!