These are a lot of fun to prepare. Type or write fortunes on strips of paper, 3x1 inch in size. Kids enjoy creating fortunes that can apply to their age group. After the cookies have been baked, curl them while still warm over a wooden spoon handle, and insert a fortune in each, letting part of the paper project. Pinch the ends of the cookies closed, while cookie is still warm. If they cool too quickly, return to oven for 15 seconds. 1/4 c. sugar 1/4 c. flour 1/2 tsp. vanilla Cinnamon 1/8 c. butter

1. Combine unbeaten egg white and sugar in a small, 1 quart bowl and mix well until sugar is dissolved. Stir in, one at a time, the other dry ingredients. Then beat until well blended.

2. Melt butter in a small 1 quart bowl in microwave oven, 15 seconds.

3. Remove from oven and beat batter into the batter.

4. Drop the dough by teaspoonful, well apart, onto a lightly greased baking dish. Microwave at FULL POWER 3 minutes (9-12 cookies can bake at once).

5. Let stand only one minute because it is necessary to curl cookie while warm. The top of the cookie will be the outside of the cookie; the underneath part will be folded inward with the message.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for next batch.

Makes 1 to 1 1/2 dozen.

Microwave time: 3 minutes, 15 seconds - 3 minutes, 30 seconds per batch.

Conventional range time: 12-15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Note: For myself, I prefer to use my conventional oven when making this recipe.