Fortune Cookies

Makes 1 dozen ( 6 servings).

1 egg white

1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 pinch salt         

1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

1/4 cup white sugar          

1 Write fortunes on strips of paper about 4 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.

2 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Write fortunes on strips of paper

about 4 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. Generously grease 2 cookie sheets which are lined with parchment paper.

3 Mix the egg white and vanilla until foamy but not stiff. Sift the flour, salt, and sugar and

blend into the egg white mixture.

4 Place teaspoonfuls of the batter at least 4 inches apart on one of the prepared cookie

sheets. Tilt the sheet to move the batter into round shapes about 3 inches in diameter. Be careful to make batter as round and even as possible. Do not make too many because the cookie have to

be really hot to form them and once they cool off it is too late. Start with 2 or 3 to a sheet

and see how many you can do.

5 Bake for 5 minutes or until cookie has turned a golden color 1/2 inch wide around the outer

edge of the circle. The center will remain pale. While one sheet is baking, prepare the other.

6 Remove from oven and quickly move cookie with a wide spatula and place upside down on a

wooden board. Quickly place the fortune on the cookie, close to the middle and fold the cookie in

half. Place the folded edge across the rim of a measuring cup and pull the pointed edges down,

one on the inside of the cup and one on the outside. Place folded cookies into the cups of a

muffin tin or egg carton to hold their shape until firm.