Sweetheart Fortune Cookies - Recipe for Romance

• Serves: 12 -14 cookies

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp cold water

Instructions

Prepare your custom "fortunes" or love notes on small slips of paper, ahead of time. Cut each slip of paper about 1/4 to 1/3 inch wide by about 3 1/2 or 4 inches long.

Preheat the oven to 350°F,
and spray two small baking sheets with cooking oil.

Method

• Whisk the egg whites until they're frothy, then whisk in the vanilla extract, almond extract, and vegetable oil.


• In a second bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cornstarch and salt, then stir in the cold water.


• Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg-white mixture, whisking vigorously until the cookie batter is very smooth.


• Drop a level tablespoon of cookie batter onto a prepared baking sheet, and use the back of a spoon or a small spatula to spread it out into a circle about 31/2 or 4 inches across.


• Several inches away, repeat with another tablespoonful of batter to make a second cookie, and perhaps a third if you're confident about your Fortune Cookie-folding skills.
  
  Note: If this is your first try at making Fortune Cookies, start with baking just 1 or 2 cookies at a time, as you'll need to work quickly to fold the cookies before they cool, and they do cool down very quickly!


• Bake 12 to 14 minutes - just until the edges of the cookies begin to turn a golden colour.


• Use a spatula to remove the cookies one at a time from the baking sheet, and fold as directed below.


• Repeat the process until you've used up all the batter. (Make sure that your baking sheet is cool and well greased, each time!)

Photos: New Beginning by Tim Ebbs (above), and You Are The Mast of Everything Situation by C.W. Russell (below), both on Flickr

How to Fold a Fortune Cookie