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Add 1 teaspoon sugar to the warm milk and stir well.
Add yeast to this and let it stand for 10 minutes.
Stir.
Add 1 cup flour and beat the mixture well.
Add cold milk, salt, rest of the sugar and egg.
Beat the mixture until it is smooth.
Add melted butter.
Beat well and set aside.
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Take a large bowl and put 4 cups of flour.
Take the cold butter and make small pieces of it (the size of beans) and add to the flour.
Pour the liquid batter into the flour mixture.
Stir well.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
Place in the fridge for at least 4 hours (for the best results leave overnight).
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Press the mixture into a compact ball.
Divide the ball into 4 parts.
Roll each into circles of 12inch or 16inch
Cut each circle like a pizza into 6 wedges.
Roll each wedge towards the point.
Make the shape of a crescent.
Place them on a baking sheet (ungreased).
Let it rise at room temperature until the size has doubled (this may take a couple of hours).
Brush each price with the egg that had been beaten with cold water.
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Preheat oven to 400F.
Lower temperature to 350F.
Place them in the oven.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes (until golden).
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Originally Submitted
2/13/2013
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