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| 1. In a medium bowl, stir together flour and salt. Cut in chilled butter until the texture of the mix is mealy with pea sized lumps. | 2. Add ice water gradually while stirring with a wooden spoon until dough forms a ball. Cover your dough and chill for 1/2 hour. | 3. To make filling, in a small bowl, mix together the almond paste and sugar. Add the egg and mix well. | 4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C ). | 5. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 to 1/8 inch thickness, making as square as possible. Cut the dough into strips 6 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide (about the width of a ruler). Using a pastry bag or a strong plastic bag with a small hole cut from the corner, pipe almond filling down the center of the strip starting halfway down. Fold the top half of the strip down over the almond filling to match the bottom. | 6. Shape strips into desired letters, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown. If you are using all butter in your recipe, check after 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	2	cups		-	-	-	-
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1	cup	chilled	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
ice water	1/3	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
almond paste	8	ounces		1038.744	108.4331	20.412	62.9143
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
white sugar	1/4	cup		193.5	49.99	0.0	0.0
milk	2	tablespoons		18.3	1.4340000000000002	0.945	0.981
sugar	1/3	cup	granulated	106.6	20.0027	3.3367	1.6640000000000001

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.