fortune cookies

How To Make fortune cookies

• 1

  Combine flour, cornstarch, sugar and salt.
• 2

  Stir in Salad oil (or melted butter).
• 3

  Add lightly beaten egg whites, vanilla and water and stir until smooth.
• 4

  Have fortunes ready, and bake one cookie at a time, so cookie does not harden before shaping.
• 5

  Pour scant 1/3 cup batter in center of baking sheet that is lightly greased with shortening.
• 6

  Use a spatula to spread bater ito an 8-inch circle, then tilt pan in circular motion to make an even 9 inch circle.
• 7

  Bake in 300 degree oven, 13 to 16 minutes, until a light golden brown.
• 8

  Use wide spatula to immediately loosen from pan. Insert fortune. Pick up opposite sides (leaving middle on pan) press sides together and hold in place for about 5 seconds. FInish shaping by bending cookie over flat edge.
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