New Years Resolution Cookies
adapted from All Recipes ^[3]

Prep Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 8 to 10 mins (per batch)

Ingredients
5 tbsp. unsalted butter
4 egg whites
1 c. super fine sugar
1 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
1 pinch salt
3 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Gel food coloring
1 tbsp. multi-colored nonpareil sprinkles

Print out resolutions (download here ^[2]) and or write your own on 3 by ½-inch paper strips. (Food-safe ink is best!) Preheat oven to 400. Prep two baking sheets with Silpat or non-stick cooking spray. Melt butter, set aside to cool. In an electric mixer, combine egg whites and sugar for one minute. Mix in flour and salt, beat. Mix in butter, heavy cream, and vanilla, beat until smooth. Divide batter into two bowls. Mix multi-colored nonpareil sprinkles into one batch. Add a drop of food coloring to the other. Place teaspoon-size scoops of batter at least 4 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Using the back of the spoon, smooth batter into even rounds about 3 inches in diameter. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove from oven. Working quickly, slide a spatula under one cookie, lift, and flip over onto a dishtowel. Place one resolution message in the center of the cookie. Fold cookie in half and pinch at the top to form a loose semicircle. Place the folded edge on the rim of a coffee mug and pull each point down, one to the inside of the mug and one to the outside. Place folded cookies in a muffin tin to hold their shape until firm. Crack one open, discuss, devour, repeat. Makes 2 dozen cookies.

Note: As with all fortune cookies, it’s important to make them paper thin on a day with low humidity otherwise they will be chewy instead of crisp.