Wohoo! I have been wanting to try and make these for a while, but I was intimidated...it seemed too hard, but I tried it yesterday and had success.
Ingredients:
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract (in one batch I skipped the almond and put in more vanilla, it worked fine)
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 T water
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Have fortunes ready to go on small strips of paper.
In a large glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites and sugar on high with an electric mixer for about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and stir in remaining ingredients one at a time, mixing well after each. Consistency should resemble pancake batter.
Spoon the batter into 3 inch circles on the parchment paper. (I used the back of a spoon to spread them kind of thin)
Bake for 5 to 7 minutes in the oven, until the edges begin to brown. Quickly remove them, place a message in the center and fold in half, then fold the ends of the half together into a horse shoe shape.
My tips: To help hold their form while they harden I put mine in a mini muffin pan, it worked great. Also, I don't really know how long I baked mine, I just kept checking them and when the edges were brown I took them out, I think it was closer to 5 minutes rather than 7. I also found that 3-4 was the maximum to bake at a time considering that they start to harden pretty quickly and you won't have time to fold them if you make too many. So anyway those are my tips :)
Oh and yes, I wasted some of the batter figuring it out but I once I got it I had a lot of fun making these, so don't give up! I served them at our friends 40th birthday party and put funny little "old person" fortunes in them. and everyone love them.
2 comments:
Did you make up all the fortunes?
I typed up all the fortunes. Some of them I came up with on my own, others I got from the internet.
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