| Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray
5 Tbs unsalted butter
4 large egg whites
1 cup superfine sugar
1 cup all purpose flour, sifted
pinch of salt
3 Tbs heavy cream
1 tsp almond extract
Directions:Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet liberally with cooking
spray. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat; set aside.
In a bowl combine egg whites and sugar; beat on medium speed for about 30
seconds. Add flour and salt and beat until combined. Add butter, heavy
cream, and almond extract and beat until combined, about 30 seconds.
Pour 1 Tbs of batter onto half of baking sheet and spread with the back of
a spoon into a thin 5" circle; repeat on either half of sheet. Bake until
edges of cookies turn golden brown, about 8 minutes.
Remove baking sheet to a heat resistant surface. Working as quickly as
possible, slide a spatula (an offset spatula works best) under one of the
cookies. Lift it up and place it on a clean kitchen towel. Using your
fingers, fold the cookie in half, pinching the top together to form a loose
semicircle. Hold the cookie with your index fingers inserted at each open
end and slide your thumbs together along the bottom line. Press into the
center of the cookie while bending the two open ends together and down
to form the shape of a fortune cookie. This whole process should take
about 10 seconds. Once the cookie hardens, which begins to happen almost
immediately, you cannot fold it. Place the fortune cookie on the kitchen
towel to cool and shape the second cookie. Repeat until all the batter is
used up. To speed up the process, bake 4 cookies at a time, staggering 2
cookie sheets by 4 minutes to give you time to shape.. To avoid wasting
batter, practice folding with a circle of paper first |
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