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* Exported from MasterCook II *
Fortune Cookies
Recipe By : Martha Stewart's Living July/Aug 95 issue
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : New Text Import
Amount Measure Ingredient --
Preparation Method
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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
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.
Write message on a long strip of sturdy art paper, such as Japanese moriki.
Thread fortune through cookie when it has cooled. Good luck!
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Eileen
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