STEP 7:

Take your cookies out and, using a spatula, place one on a non-stick surface. As quickly as you can, place a fortune in the center and fold your cookie in half but don't press it flat. Leaving a little bit of air in the middle, bend your already folded cookie in half the other way to create the classic fortune cookie shape. Place your folded cookie into a cup or a small bowl to help it keep its shape until it hardens.

HOME MADE FORTUNE COOKIE INGREDIENTS:

- 1/4 cup of unbleached all-purpose flour - 1/4 cup of regular sugar - 1 egg white (you can substitute in 1 Tbsp. plain agar powder dissolved in 1 Tbsp. water, whipped, chilled, and whipped again if you want to make your cookies vegan) - 3 Tbsp. of water - 1/8 teaspoon of vanilla extract - A pinch of salt

Helpful tips: These cookies admittedly take a bit of practice to get perfect, but there are a few tricks to getting them to come out as nicely as possible:

- The less cookies you do on one sheet, the easier it is. - If you find that your cookies are too mushy in consistency, add a bit more water. That may sound counter-intuitive, but the water makes the batter easier to spread thin which helps dry the cookies out properly. - Don’t use too much batter for each cookie. A little more than a teaspoon of batter should do the trick.