Gluten-Free Entertaining - More than 100 Naturally Wheat-Free Recipes for Parties and Special Occasions

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Good Fortune Cookies

•Soy-free

better than takeout, these fortune cookies are extra special because you can fill them with

custom fortunes containing well wishes for your friends and family for the new year.

3 tablespoons (21 g) flaxseed meal

3 tablespoons (45 ml) boiling water

3 egg whites

¾ cup (150 g) sugar

¾ cup (90 g) liv’s flour blend

(page 15) or 6 tablespoons (48 g)

cornstarch plus 3 tablespoons (24 g)

almond flour plus 3 tablespoons

(24 g) oat flour

1½ teaspoons vanilla extract

1 tablespoon (15 ml) heavy cream

4 tablespoons (56 g) unsalted

butter, melted

⅛ teaspoon salt

Preheat the oven to 350 ̊F (180 ̊C, or gas mark 4). Generously grease 2

heavy cookie sheets. Cut out twenty-four 2½ x ½-inch (6.4 x 1.3 cm) pieces

of paper and write fortunes on them.

In a small bowl, combine the flaxseed meal and boiling water. Let sit for

5 minutes so that the flax absorbs the water and forms a gel.

In a large bowl, beat the egg whites and sugar with a whisk until

combined. Whisk in the flour blend, vanilla, heavy cream, melted butter,

and salt. The consistency should resemble a crepe batter. Spoon the batter

by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet, 3 per sheet. Place one

sheet in the oven to bake. In 3 minutes, place the other baking sheet in the

oven.

Bake each tray for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies

begin to brown slightly and the centers look set. Use a small offset spatula

to quickly lift one cookie at a time onto a clean, flat surface. Place a

message in the center, and fold in half to cover the message. Fold the ends

together the opposite way to form a fortune cookie shape. If they won’t

stay closed, place them under a drinking glass or coffee mug to hold the

shape while they cool and set. When you’ve finished forming the first 3

cookies, the second sheet of cookies should be ready to come out of the

oven and be shaped. Repeat the process until you have 24 fortune cookies.

Yield: 24 cookies

Chef’s Tips

• Dip the tips of the cookies in melted chocolate and dip in sprinkles to
  make these extra festive!


• If the cookies break in the center when you fold them, they probably
  haven’t baked long enough. Make sure to bake until the edges are golden
  and the centers are set.

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