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First, make the dough: Sift the flour into a large bowl.
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Add salt.
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Mix.
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Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
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Next add approximately 1/2 of the beaten egg yolk and the water.
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Mix well using your hands.
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Try to work quickly.
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Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 10 -15 minutes.
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Put your desiccated coconut in a heatproof bowl.
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Set aside for a moment.
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Next, in a thick bottomed pan, put coconut pani, cinnamon and sugar and bring to boil (you need it to be around 100C degrees so use a thermometer).
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Then add the hot pani mixture to the desiccated coconut and mix well.
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Let cool.
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Now take the dough and roll out into a large square that is about 18 inch thick, using a rolling pin.
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Cut it into 8 squares (3x3 inch) using a sharp knife.
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If you want to decorate the tops of the appetizers with extra pieces of dough, you can make the squares just a bit smaller and save the extra dough for use in a few minutes.
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Now place one teaspoon of filling mixture in the center of each square of dough.
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Brush the edges of each square with the remaining 1/2 of the beaten egg yolk or you can use water.
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Fold the bottom half of the dough over to meet the edges of the top half (you are making a triangle).
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Use a fork to seal the edges.
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After that, you can decorate the pastry with small flowers or whatever is your preferred shape.
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Ive done this in the photo above you can use scraps of the dough and cut out small flowers (using a small flower cookie cutter or a knife) and then place the flowers on the tops of the appetizers.
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Next place appetizers on greased baking tray, and take the remaining 1/2 of the beaten egg and brush over the tops.
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Bake at 200 cup for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
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Enjoy.
