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Combine ingredients from the butter to the ground sesame, and mix together in a food processor until smooth.
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Add cream, egg yolk and vanilla extract.
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Keep stirring while pulsing until the dough lumps like the photo.
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Roll into a ball and flatten the dough wrapped in plastic wrap and put in the freezer for 30 minutes.
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[Tomb] Roll out the wrapped dough to about 7~8 mm and cut out the shape of a tomb with a knife.
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Mark the inside of the tomb with the knife as well.
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Press the flat end of the knife into the inside to make a dip.
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It should look like this, so there's an outline around the edge of the tombstone that's slightly higher than the middle.
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Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and lay the cookies.
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Here's a cool way to alter the design.
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The eyes and nose were shaped using the tip and end of a bamboo skewer or toothpick.
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Next cut out this shape...
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Just like before, make an shallow indentation, and poke four holes to the cross.
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[Castle] Here's our castle image.
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Flatten the dough to 4 mm thick on top of an oven sheet.
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For the window frames, roof and arch, add dough to create a 3D effect.
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Create the impression of stone with your knife.
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The pointed end is so we can place it into a cake later.
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Create tiles on the triangular roof.
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[Gate] Flatten the dough to 5 mm thick, and cut it to this shape.
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Add another layer of dough on top of the arch.
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Stick it securely.
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Create the stone texture using your knife again.
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Adding some cracks will make it look like a ruin.
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Columns: Make 4 square shaped cookies for the corners of.
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Each one is 7 cm tall and 3 cm wide, and 5 mm thick.
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Add dough on top, and create a stone texture.
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It will be used like this.
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Here are all the parts laid out on the oven sheet.
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Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 150C (300F).
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Done.
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The color is a little weak, but it will change after cooling.
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Make an icing tube with your oven paper, put in melted chocolate, then write on the arch and tombstones.
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Because the castle is so big, it will crack easily.
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To prevent cracking, spread melted white chocolate on the back.
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All that's left is to decorate your castle to your heart's content.
