High school dances can get very repetitive and unstimulating after the first couple, but my last Sadies dance is coming up and I decided I'm just going to go and make the best of it. Plus, I thought it would be fun to ask a guy and switch things up for once. This time the pressure is on the girls to find the nerve to ask someone, and the boys have to endure the anxiety of waiting to be asked. All this sounds so childish, really. But when else can you have this kind of fun? Not when you're "all grown up" that's almost certain.
Since I love baking and my potential date loves food, I decided to make fortune cookies with a continuous message inside, revealing who was asking him. Everything worked out pretty well. Score! :)
Lucky Fortune Cookies
Ingredients:
2 large egg whites
1/2 cup white sugar
8 tbs. flour
2 1/2 tsp. cornstarch
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. almond extract
3 tbs. vegetable oil
1 tbs. water
fortunes written on strips of paper
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees [F].
In a medium bowl, stir egg whites, sugar, salt, vanilla, almond extract, and oil together. Beat in flour and cornstarch. Add water if batter is too thick.
Line 2 cookies sheets with parchment paper or spray with a non-stick spray. Drop batter by tablespoons about 4 inches apart onto the prepared sheets. Bake until edges are golden brown, about 10 minutes. Turn over one cookie at a time, place a fortune in the middlem letting part of the paper stick out, and fold the cookie in half. Pinch closed and lift the cookie and bring the corner together to make a C shape. Let cool in muffin tins so they maintain their shape.
I suggest making the fortune strips ahead of time because it is imperative that they are placed inside the cookies immediately, before the cookies harden. Don't make more than 2 or 3 at a time because you may not be able to work quick enough before the cookies turn stiff. But if this happens, simply put them back in the oven for a minute or so to soften them.
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