Fortune Cookies Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 4 egg whites 1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup margarine -- softened 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -- or almond extract 2 tablespoons ground almonds -- optional Preheat oven to 350 °. Grease a cookie sheet with margarine. Mix together egg whites, sugar, and salt until sugar dissolves. Blend in margarine: add flour, extract, and ground almonds, if desired. Batter will be runny. Use a teaspoon to pour circles of batter onto your cookie sheet a couple of inches apart. (The cookies will spread more as they bake.) Bake for 8 minutes or until the cookies have browned slightly. Remove 1 cookie, place the paper (proverb strip) across the center, and fold the top edge over the paper. Curl the cookie over the handle of a wooden spoon or over the edge of a bowl. Let cool in the curled position. Repeat, removing 1 cookie from the baking sheet at a time. Work quickly, because cookies stiffen as they cool. If cookies stiffen before you get to them, return them to the oven for a minute to soften again. Ahead of time, prepare 3-inch by ½-inch slips of paper with proverbs (or fortunes) printed on them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -