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THE FORTUNE COOKIE RECIPE 1/2 c. all-purpose flour 1 Tbsp. cornstarch 1/3 c. granulated sugar 1/8 tsp. salt 1/4 c. melted butter 4 egg whites (large eggs) 2 Tbsp. milk 1 1/2 tsp. almond extract Preheat oven to 300 degrees to 325 degrees. Combine flour, corn- starch, sugar and salt in a bowl. Beat in melted butter, egg whites, milk and almond extract until batter is smooth. A tablespoon at a time, drop batter onto a buttered, heavy (it must be heavy) non-stick baking sheet. (On the first try, bake only two cookies at a time. Thereafter, bake a maximum of four cookies per sheet.) Space cookies about 3 inches apart, they'll spread while baking. Bake 10 minutes on center oven rack until cookie edges are golden brown. Now, work fast! Use a metal spatula to slide one cookie off the baking sheet and onto a smooth kitchen towel. Wearing light cotton gloves (to keep fingers from burning), immediately place a paper fortune onto the center of the cookie and fold the cookie in half, pressing the edges to seal. Bend the folded edge over a glass or bowl rim (to give the cookie its familiar bend in the middle) and place in a muffin pan, which helps the cookie keep its shape while it cools. Take the next cookie off the baking sheet and repeat the process. Remember to bake only two cookies the first time, until you develop the speed needed for the folding operation. After 15 to 30 seconds out of the oven, the cookies become rock hard, and it is impossible to bend them. This recipe makes about 24 fortune cookies. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |