| 1 | Recipe by: eating well preheat oven to 300°F. |
| 2 | Very lightly oil 2 nonstick baking sheets or lightly coat them with nonstick cooking spray. |
| 3 | In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients and process until smooth. |
| 4 | Drop 6 scant tablespoonfuls of the butter onto a prepared baking sheet, placing well apart from each other on the sheet. |
| 5 | (set the remaining ingredients on the side). |
| 6 | With a small spatula or the back of a spoon, spread each spoonful into a 3 ?inch circ le. |
| 7 | Bake until quite golden, 10-15 minutes. |
| 8 | Have a small bowl and a muffin tin ready. |
| 9 | Remove the aking sheet from the oven. |
| 10 | With a think spatula, carefully release the cookies but leave them on the baking sheet. |
| 11 | Return the sheet of cookies to the oven to soften for 1 minute. |
| 12 | Open the oven door but leave the cookies inside to remain pliable in the warmth of the oven. |
| 13 | Remove 1 cookie at a time from the oven. |
| 14 | Lay a fortune in the center of a cookie and roll into a tube, overlapping the edges slightly. |
| 15 | Holding the ends, fold the cookie in half down over the rim of the bowl to form the traditional fortune cookie shape. |
| 16 | Immediately transfer the cookie to the muffin tin to keep it from opening as it cools. |
| 17 | Repeat with the remaining cookies. |
| 18 | Spread and bake the remaining batter, and form cookies as directed above. |
| 19 | Makes 12 fortune cookies. |
