Title: Fortune Cookies
Categories: Cookies & b, Holiday gif
Yield: 12 Servings

12 Strips red and/or green
-paper strips
3 tb Butter; softened
3 tb Sugar
1 lg Egg white
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/3 c Flour

Heat oven to 400. Grease 2 cookie sheets. Write a fortune on each strip of
paper and have an empty water glass ready.

Beat butter, sugar egg white and vanilla in a small bowl with an electric
mixer on medium speed until well blended. Stir in flour.

Working in batches of 3, drop 1 1/2 teaspoons of batter at least 4" apart
on prepared cookie sheet. Spread batter with back of a spoon into a 3"
circle.

Bake 3 to 4 minutes or until edges turn golden brown. Working quickly,
remove cookie with a spatula to work surface. Place a fortune horizontally
in the center of the cookie. Fold bottom half of cookie to top and press
edges with fingertips for 3 seconds. Holding top edge of cookie, place
center of fold over rim of the glass. Gently press sides down to bend
cookie in middle. Let cool on rim 1 minutes. Repeat with remaining 2
cookies. Let cookies cool completely on wire rack. Repeat process using
remaining dough and cooled cookie sheet. Store in an airtight container.
Posted to FOODWINE Digest by Toni Office on Sep 4,
1997