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Subject: Re: Fortune Cookies
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Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 18:09:00 EDT
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Here is the original posting of the Fortune Cookie recipe posted in August by
holly at hpfcly :

FORTUNE COOKIE RECIPE


1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
    White of 4 large eggs
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons almond extract


1.  Heat oven to 325 degrees.  In medium-size bowl combine flour, sugar,
    cornstarch and salt.  With fork or wire whisk beat in melted butter,
    egg whites, milk and almond extract until batter is smooth.  Drop
    batter, 1 tablespoon at a time, onto buttered, heavy non-stick baking  
    sheet.
    (If necessary, place two thin baking sheets together to make one heavy
    baking sheet.)  Space batter 3 inches apart; batter will spread while
    baking.  Baking sheet should contain 4 cookies ONLY.  Bake 8 to 10 minutes
    on center oven rack until cookie edges are golden brown.

2.  With large metal spatula, working quickly, remove cookies from baking    
    sheet.  Gently slip onto clean, smooth kitchen towel or large cloth\
    napkin.

3.  Place one fortune paper in center of each WARM cookie.  QUICKLY fold
    each cookie in half, pressing edges to seal.  For beautiful cookies it
    is important for them to be warm and pliable while folding and shaping.
    Speed is essential throughout the entire process of making fortune
    cookies.

4.  Immediately fold one cookie over edge of bowl starting with the longest
    side of folded cookie against the rim of the bowl.  Press about 30 seconds
    until cookie holds its shape.  Repeat with remaining 3 cookies.  Bake and
    shape remaining cookies, making not more than 4 at a time. 

    Makes 24 cookies.

Per cookie:  44 calories, l gram protein, 2 grams fat, 5 grams carbohydrates.

Note:  The secret to making these favorite cookies is SPEED.  Have everything
ready before you begin.  At first, bake 2 cookies at a time.  As you expertise
increases, bake in bathches of 4.  If by chance 1 or 2 cookies cool and crisp
before being shaped, serve as brown-edge butter wafers with ice cream.

(Taken from August 1985 issue of REDBOOK magazine.  Since you won't have the
step by step pictures that are in the magazine, buy a box of fortune cookies
before you bake these so you can make sure that you are folding the cookies
the right way.)

ENJOY!!


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