Fortune Cookies

Cut paper into about 24 strips, 3 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. Write a different fortune on each strip. Heat oven to 300 degrees F. Generously grease cookie sheet. Mix flour, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add almond extract, egg whites and vegetable oil; beat until smooth. Bake only 4 cookies at a time. (Cool cookie sheet after each baking and grease generously each time.) For each cookie, spoon 1 heaping teaspoonful batter onto cookie sheet; spread into 3 1/2 inch circle with back of spoon. Bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Working quickly, remove 1 cookie at a time with wide spatula, flip into protected hand. (Leave remaining cookies in oven.) Place paper fortune on center of cookie and fold cookie in half. Holding points of folded cookie with both hands, place center of fold over edge of bowl and pull points downward to make a crease across center. Place cookie in ungreased muffin cup so it will hold its shape while cooling. If cookie cools before it is shaped, heat in oven about 1 minute. Store in tightly covered container. About 2 dozen cookies.

Personal Note: These cookies *will* want to stick to the cookie sheet!!! Definately grease extra, or, if you have access to such, use a teflon sheet on top of the cookie sheet. This latter method worked perfectly for me. I got the teflon sheet through the King's Baker Catalog. It looks like a very thick wax paper sheet and can be rolled up when not in use.