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Bring the butter to room temperature.
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Sift the dry ingredients (or you can omit this).
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Beat the egg.
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Put the butter in a bowl, and cream it with a whisk.
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(If the butter is too hard, microwave for about 15 seconds.)
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Add the powdered sugar to Step 2, and mix until it turns white.
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(It's ok if it's roughly mixed together.)
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Once mixed together, add the egg, and mix further.
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The mixture may separate to start with, but it will blend together as you keep mixing.
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Add the dry ingredients into Step 4, and fold in gently using a rubber spatula.
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To make white dough and brown dough, divide the dough into 90% and 10%.
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Add the cocoa to the bigger batch.
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Take out 10% of the cocoa dough and add more cocoa to make dark brown dough.
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(For eyes and nose.)
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Wrap the dough with cling film and let it rest for more than 30 minutes in the fridge.
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Start preheating the oven to 180C before you start shaping the teddy bears.
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Take out the dough from the fridge, and shape it into teddy bear's face as you like.
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The photo shows the parts I made for my teddy bear cookies.
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Bake at 180C for 10-12 minutes.
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The cooking time differs depending on your oven, so adjust accordingly.
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Once they are baked, place on a cooling rack, and cool them a little.
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Then they're done!
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If you have leftover white dough, why not make koalas or pandas with it?
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I made other kinds of animals as well.
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The bunny was the easiest.
