3 egg whites
3/4 cups sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 pound butter, melted
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. almond extract
1 cup all purpose flour, sifted
2 tbsp. water
Small strips of paper with fortune written on it

Combine egg whites, sugar, and salt. Beat in rest of ingredients one at a time. Blend well and chill for 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Do just 2-3 cookies at a time. Drop slightly rounded teaspoon full of thick batter for each cookie on a greased cookie sheet. Spread the dough very thin using the back of the spoon, make rounds about 3-inches in diameter.

Bake for 5 minutes or until edges turn light brown. Place on wire rack. Working quickly place a fortune in each cookie, fold opposite sides together, crease crosswise at the center of the straight edge to form a flattened side, then bend backward to form the traditional shape. Cool in muffin tins to hold shape.

Makes 4 dozen.