Unfortunate cookies

Do-it-yourself fortune cookies

Preheat the oven to 300F.INGREDIENTS

8 oz . flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch

4 ounces sugar

1/2 teaspoons salt

2 egg whites

4 ounces vegetable oil

1 teaspoon water

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

You Will Need: Cotton gloves, thin-edged muffin pan, fortune slips

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Stir in the oil, egg whites, water, and vanilla. On a well-greased baking sheet, roll a very thin 4-inch circle of dough and bake for 15 minutes or until golden.

Remove one cookie at a time from the oven with a wide spatula; working quickly follow these four steps: (use cotton gloves to handle cookies, as they will be hot)

1. Flip cookie onto hand.

2. Hold fortune in center of pliable cookie while folding cookie in half.

3. Grasp ends of cookie and draw gently down over edge of muffin pan to crease at center of cookie.

4. Fit cookie in muffin pan (points down) to hold shape as it cools. If cookie hardens too quickly, put it back in the oven for about 1 minute.

Store in airtight container.

SOME SAMPLES

Patron who mocks waiter's accent may unwittingly consume chef's bodily fluids.

Your strength lies in believing that what you just ate was duck.

Man who looks to stale cookie for advice probably make good bus boy. Ask waitress for application.

Today is the last day of the rest of your life.

Confucius say: conserve gas by ignoring stop signs.

Help. Trapped in cookie factory.

Your future is full of disappointment.

Man who avoids Chinese food live forever. Oops, too late.

Sunshine is golden, water should be clear.

Five fingers form a fist, but it only takes one to start a fight.

Try not to notice her knuckles.

What am I, Oprah?