Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray baking sheet. Melt butter and set aside. In a large mixing bowl with a whisk or the bowl of a stand-mixer (I have a Kitchen-Aid), mix the egg whites and sugar for about thirty seconds. Add heavy cream, flour, salt and almond extract, mixing at a high speed for about one minute. Finally add the melted butter, whisking until batter is just combined. The cookie batter will have the consistency of a thick pancake batter.
2. Spread about 1 heaping tablespoon in a thin circle on the sprayed cookie sheet. I use the back of my tablespoon to create an even circle, about 6 inches in diameter, a little bigger or smaller is fine. I can get only about two (or maybe three, if I'm going a little smaller) cookies on each sheet. You don't want to have any more than three cookies at once, however, because anymore cookies at one time and you won't be able to fold them into the right shape once they've come out of the oven
3. Bake the cookies for approximately 7–8 minutes, until edges are golden brown. Take the cookies out of the oven and remove with a spatula, you only have about 7–10 seconds before all the cookies set into their shape, so work quickly. Once the cookie hardens, you cannot fold it. Place a fortune in the center of the circle, fold in half, then fold in half once more, leaving you withe a twice-folded rose-like cookie. Set on a rack or in a bowl to fully cool. Think of the first few as practice, until you get your technique down—you will master the fortune cookie! Respray the cookie sheet and start the process again.