Ingredients

36 strips of paper
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter/margarine, melted
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons almond extract

Directions

Write fortunes on paper; fold in half and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat egg whites until frothy; add sugar and salt and beat well. Stir in butter, flour and almond extract. Drop batter by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Work with only 6 cookies at a time. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. While cookies are still warm and pliable, hold each cookie in palm; place fortune on half of cookie. Fold cookie in half over the fortune. Drape the center of cookie over handle of a wooden spoon. Fold edges of the cookie around spoon until sides touch; slide off spoon. Repeat; store in airtight container.