Fortune Cookies

Ingredients

* 1 egg white
* ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 pinch of salt
* ¼ cup white flour
* ¼ cup white sugar
* Clean strips of white paper, about 4 inches long and ½ inch wide

Procedure

1. Write fortunes on strips of paper.
2. Preheat oven to 400°F. Generously grease 2 cookie sheets.
3. Mix the egg white and vanilla until foamy, but not stiff.
4. Sift together flour, salt, and sugar.
5. Blend dry mixture into egg mixture.
6. Place teaspoon-sized portions of batter on the cookie sheets, at least 4 inches apart. Use the bottom of the spoon to make round shapes of about 3 inches in diameter. Make sure batter is spread evenly.
7. Bake just 3 or 4 cookies at a time, because cookies must be formed while still warm from the oven. (While one batch of cookies is baking, prepare the next one.)
8. Bake cookies for 5 minutes or until golden-colored on the edge. The center will remain pale.
9. Remove the cookies from the oven and with a wide spatula quickly remove and place upside down on a wooden board.
10. Quickly place one fortune in the center of each cookie.
11. Fold the cookie in half. Place the folded edge across the rim of a glass and pull the pinted edges down, one on the inside of the cup and one on the outside.
12. Place folded cookies into the cups of a muffin tin or an empty egg carton to hold their shape.
13. Allow the cookie to cool completely in the muffin tin to set the shape.

Makes 1 dozen cookies.