Dried Fruit Cookie Recipes - Manhattan Fortune Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 large egg whites

• 1/3 cup/70 g granulated sugar

• 1/3 cup/50 g all-purpose/plain flour

• 2 tbsp butter, melted

• 1 tsp coconut extract/essence

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 2 tbsp shredded/desiccated coconut

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Butter four cookie sheets. Beat the egg whites and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until frothy.

2. With mixer at low speed, beat in the flour, butter, coconut extract, and salt. Use a large rubber spatula to fold in the melted butter, flour and salt.

3. Drop teaspoons of the batter onto the prepared cookie sheets, spreading it out to 3-inch (8-cm) circles. Sprinkle with the coconut.

4. Bake, one sheet at a time, for 5-7 minutes, or until lightly browned. Use a spatula to remove the cookies, placing a message in the center.

5. Fold the cookies in half, enclosing the message to form a semicircle. Hold the rounded edges of the semicircle between your thumb and index finger.

6. Place your other index finger at the center of the folded edge and push in. Let cool completely.