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Soften the butter to the consistency of mayonnaise.
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Add sugar and mix well with a whisk, then add the egg yolk.
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Sift the matcha and flour together.
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Cut the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mix with a spatula.
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When it comes together, press down on it hard with the spatula until it forms a ball.
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Transfer the dough onto a piece of plastic wrap.
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Form the dough into a rectangular stick that's about 17 cm long.
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Cover with the plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
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Mark the stick of dough in 1 cm increments using a ruler.
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Cut through the markings with a knife.
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Lay the cookies on a baking sheet, and bake in a preheated 300F/150C oven for 22 minutes.
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Cool the cookies.
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Chop 2 kinds of chocolate and melt them separately over hot water.
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Transfer 2 teaspoons of the milk chocolate and the white chocolate to icing bags.
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(see Hints).
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Dip each cookie in the milk chocolate.
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While the chocolate is still soft, make the fringe using the tip of a toothpick.
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This is easier if you hold the cookie with one hand.
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Put the chocolate-iced cookies on a piece of kitchen parchment paper.
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Cut off the ends of the paper icing tubes with the chocolate in them.
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Draw the scar and the forehead crease with milk chocolate, and the whites of the eyes with white chocolate.
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Put a little chocolate on the nose area to act as glue, and place an M&M on top.
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Make the eyeballs and mouth with the milk chocolate, and the cookie is done.
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24
Make different facial expressions.
