Fortune Cookies

Directions

1. 1
   Take time out to write or type up some fortunes on 1/2 inch X 2 inch strips of paper.
2. 2
   Sift together flour, cornstarch, sugar and salt.
3. 3
   Add oil and egg white.
4. 4
   Beat until smooth.
5. 5
   Beat in water and vanilla.
6. 6
   Drop batter by level teaspoons onto a well greased baking sheet.
7. 7
   Smooth out with back of oiled spoon to make 4 inch circles.
8. 8
   Bake at 300 degrees until light golden brown.
9. 9
   If underbaked, the cookies will tear.
10. 10
    Cookies will be extremely hot. Use gloved hands, if possible.
11. 11
    Immediately, after you take out of oven, place a fortune in the bottom half of the cookie.
12. 12
    Take a wide spatula and take top half of cookie and fold over to make a 1/2 circle.
13. 13
    Lift cookie up and take both sides and bend toward the middle.
14. 14
    Place upside down, with points in the bottom, in an empty muffin pan and let cool.