11/11/2008

Chinese Fortune Cookies

Ingredients:
3 egg whites

1/2 cup icing sugar, sifted
45g unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup plain flour

Instruction:
Preheat the oven to moderate 180oC. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Draw 3 circles with 8cm diameter on the paper. Place the egg whites in a medium bowl and whisk until just frothy.
Add the icing sugar and butter and stir until smooth.
Add the flour and mix until smooth. Let stand for 15 minutes.

Using a flat-bladed knife, spread 1 1/2 level teaspoons of mixture over each circle. Bake for 5 minutes or until slightly brown around the edges. Working quickly, remove the cookies from the tray by sliding a flat-bladed knife under each. Place a written fortune message on each cookie.
Fold the cookie in half to form a semicircle, then fold it again over a blunt-edged object like the rim of a glass. Allow to cool on a wire rack. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
Cook no more than 2 or 3 cookies at a time, otherwise they will harden too quickly and break when folding.

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