Fortune Cookies

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a tray with baking paper or a silicone mat, and have your fortune strips ready to go.

In a stand mixer, whip the egg whites and sugar on high for about 2 minutes, until frothy. Whip in the melted butter, vanilla, almond extract, and water until incorporated. Add the flour and mix until the flour just disappears.

With a tablespoon measure, spoon the batter onto the parchment paper and spread it out into an even 7cm circle. We recommend not doing any more than 2-3 at a time, since they set very quickly and you will not be able to fold more than that.

Bake the fortune cookies for 7-8 minutes, until the edges brown slightly. If you let them brown too much, they will snap when you shape them. Conversely, if they don’t brown a little bit, they will also break (but tear, rather than snapping).

When each batch of fortune cookies finishes baking, remove them from the oven and quickly flip the circle over, and fold your fortune cookie in half, into a semicircle. This is when you slip your note into the cookie (quickly) because if you slip it in right at the beginning, the cookie will be too hot and your paper will stick to the cookie. Place your semicircle onto the edge of a cup, and quickly fold the ends down, to crimp into a fortune cookie shape. Place the cookie in a muffin tin to let it cool and hold its shape.