Fortune Cookies

Name: Fortune Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon almond extract; 2 egg whites; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour, sifted; 1 strip Fortunes written on of colored paper; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 118 milliliters superfine sugar; 2 Tbsps water

Fortune Cookies requires around 1 hour from start to finish. This recipe makes 16 servings with 41 calories, 1g of protein, and 0g of fat each. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of fortunes written on strips of colored paper, egg whites, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It works well as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Special equipment: silpat

Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

On a half sheet tray, spray a silpat with nonstick spray. In a medium bowl whisk egg whites until foamy.

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Egg Whites

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the flour, sugar, almond extract, water, and salt to the egg whites and beat until smooth, about 30 seconds.

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Almond Extract

Egg Whites

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Salt

Pour or spoon 1 tablespoon of batter onto prepared silpat and spread with the back of a spoon into a very thin 4-inch circle. Repeat on the other half of the sheet, making only 2 cookies per sheet tray.

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Spread

Bake the cookies on middle rack of oven until golden brown around edges, about 8 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven and working very quickly, with an offset spatula, remove cookie from baking sheet and place a fortune in the center of the round. Fold to create a half circle. Bend pointed edges of cookie toward each. This should be done quickly since the cookie will become hard and brittle within 10 seconds.

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Offset Spatula