Fortune cookies

Fortune cookies

Ingredients/Components

• sugar - 2 Tbsp
• cornstarch - 1 Tbsp
• water - 1 Tbsp
• dash of salt - 1 item
• cooking oil - 2 Tbsp
• sifted cake flour - 1/4 c
• egg white - 1 item

How to make fortune cookies:

Sift together the flour, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add oil and egg white; stir until smooth. Add the water; mix well. Make one cookie at a time by pouring 1 tablespoon of the batter onto lightly greased skillet or griddle. Spread to a 3 1/2-inch circle. Cook over low heat about 4 minutes, or until lightly browned. Turn with wide spatula; cook 1 minute more. Working quickly, place cookie on pot holder. Put paper strip printed with fortune in center; fold cookie in half, then fold again over edge of bowl. Place in muffin pan to cool. Makes 8.

Tip: Before you start making the cookies, write the fortunes with predictions of good health, prosperity and/or happiness on small strips of paper for enclosing in the cookies as instructed above.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cookie and brownie, Hand Formed cookies.