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Roast the walnuts and crush them into fine pieces.
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Cut the butter into 1 cm cubes and cool.
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Add the * yeast and 1 tablespoon of milk to a small bowl and mix well.
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(Please refer to the note in the Helpful Hints.)
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Mix together the powdered ingredients and sift.
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Put into a large bowl.
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Put in the chilled butter from Step 3.
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Blend in the butter by using your hands to rub it in.
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(Do this until the mixture roughly forms little balls)
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Add the yeast mixture from Step 2 into Step 4.
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Use a scraper etc.
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to mix by cutting it in, and gather it together.
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Add the walnuts and chocolate chips to Step 5 and stir them in.
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If the flour doesn't seem to be blending in, adjust with milk.
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The finished dough should be slightly floury and firm.
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As it's resting, it will become even firmer.
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Cover the ball of dough with plastic wrap, shape into a square, and put in the refrigerator.
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Remove the dough that has been resting from half a day to 3 days, cut into small shapes, and glaze it with milk (unlisted).
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Bake for 15-18 minutes in a preheated 200C oven.
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If all the work is too troublesome, you could also do it in a food processor.
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Just be careful not to blend it together too much...
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After mixing the powdered ingredients and the sugar, put in the butter.
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After the butter's been cut in and the texture of the combined ingredients becomes rough and pebbly, add the egg and yeast mixture and process until it mixes in.
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Then add the chocolate and walnuts.
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You can also make these with soy flour.
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Or with black sesame seeds.
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I added raisins and citrus peel to the plain dough.
