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Fortune cookies

Meat-free. Dairy-free.

2 large egg whites
½ tsp vanilla extract 
½ tsp almond extract
3 tblsp vegetable oil
8 tblsp plain flour
1½ tsp cornflour or rice flour
¼ tsp salt
8 tblsp granulated sugar
3 tsp water

Write fortunes on pieces of paper that are 9cm (3½″) long and 1cm (½″) wide. Preheat oven to 150ºC (300 ºF, gas mark 2). Grease 2 large baking sheets.

In a medium bowl, lightly beat the egg white, vanilla extract, almond extract and vegetable oil until frothy, but not stiff.

Sift the flour, cornflour or rice flour, salt and sugar into a separate bowl. Stir the water into the flour mixture.

Add flour and water mixture to the egg white mixture and stir to make a smooth batter. The batter should not be runny, but should drop easily off a wooden spoon.

Place level tablespoonfuls of batter onto the baking sheets, spacing them at least 3 inches apart. Gently tilt the baking sheet backwards and forwards and from side to side so that each tablespoonful of batter forms into a circle 4 inches in diameter.

Bake for about 14 - 15 minutes, until the outer centimetre (½″) of each cookie turns golden brown and they are easy to remove from the baking sheet with a spatula.

Wearing cotton gloves and working quickly, remove one cookie at a time with a spatula and flip it over in your hand. Place a fortune in the middle of the cookie, fold the cookie in half, then gently pull the edges downward. Place the finished cookie in the cup of a bun tin or an egg carton so that it keeps its shape as it cools.

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