Ingredients

• 100g/3½oz plain flour
• 1½ tbsp cornflour
• 50g/1¾oz caster sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 free-range eggs
• whites only
• 1 tsp water
• 1½ tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp almond extract

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3. Line a baking tray with a silicone mat. Write fortunes on pieces of paper about 6cm x 1cm/2½in x ½in.
• Sift the flour and cornflour into a large bowl then add the sugar and salt and mix well. Using a wooden spoon
• stir in the oil
• egg whites
• water and vanilla and almond extracts.
• Place tablespoons of the mixture onto the silicone mat and use the back of a metal spoon to swirl out the mixture into 10cm/4in circles. Leave space between each cookie as they will spread a little during cooking; you will get about five cookies onto the baking tray so will have to cook them in batches. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes. The outer edge of each cookie should turn golden brown and the cookies should be easy to remove with a spatula when cooked.
• Place a fortune in the centre of each cookie and while the cookie is still soft and pliable
• fold it in half and pinch the semi circular edges together to seal. Place the folded edge of the cookie onto the rim of a cup or glass and gently pull the two corners down
• one on the inside of the cup and one on the outside
• to form the classic fortune cookie shape. Set aside to cool and repeat with the remaining cookies.