Fortune Cookies

Ingredients
  • 2 egg whites (2.5 oz)
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted (2.5 oz)
  • 1/2 cup superfine sugar (3.5 oz)
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk or water (1 oz)
  • Pinch salt
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter (1.5 oz)
Fortunes written on strips of colored paper
Special equipment: silpat
Directions
  1. Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
  2. On a half sheet tray, place a silpat or parchment. 
  3. In a medium bowl whisk egg whites until foamy. 
  4. Add the flour, sugar, extracts, water, and salt to the egg whites and beat until smooth, about 30 seconds. Mix in melted butter. 
  5. Pour or spoon 1 tablespoon of batter onto parchment or 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. 
  6. Bake the cookies on middle rack of oven until golden brown around edges, about 8 minutes. (This step can also be done on a non-stick frying pan: heat pan, spoon out batter, cook on one side until starting to brown, flip over and finish cooking; continue as below.)
  7. Remove from oven and working very quickly, with an offset spatula, remove cookie from baking sheet, flip over 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. Let cool. Place inside a muffin tin to help hold shape while cooling.