Chinese Fortune Cookies #3 Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

1. Combine egg whites, sugar & salt.
2. Beat in, one ingredient at a time, the butter, extracts, flour & water.
3. Blend thoroughly & chill for 20 minutes.
4. Preheat to 350 deg.
5. Do just 2 or 3 cookies at a time.
6. Drop slightly rounded teaspoonfuls of thick batter for each cookie onto a lightly greased cookie sheet.
7. Spread the dough very thin, using the back of the spoon, making rounds about 3 inches in diameter.
8. Bake for 5 minutes. , or until the edges begin to brown lightly.
9. Remove to a wire rack.
10. Working quickly, place a fortune in the center of each cookie.
11. Fold opposite sides together, crease crosswise at the center of the straight edge to form a flattened side, then bend backward for the traditional shape.
12. Cool in muffin tins or small glasses to hold shape.
13. Makes about 4 dozen.