Fortune Cookies
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 10:35pm

Ingredients




1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix butter, sugar and egg until smooth. Add other ingredients. Mix together to form a ball of dough. 2 Lightly flour wooden board or flat surface with rolling pin, roll half of dough very thin. Use a circle cookie cutter to cut dough. 3 Put a fortune on each dough circle, off to one side. Fold circle in half and then half again. Pinch it to close. Place cookies on baking sheet. 4 Bake cookies for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned.