Fortune Cookies

In honor of the Chinese New Year celebrations- my Laurel class decided to get together and make fortune cookies( this is half of them). They were a hit- fun to make and delicious.
Ingredients:
3 egg whites
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons water
Directions:
1.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper. Have fortunes ready to go on small strips of paper.
2.
In a large glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites and sugar on high speed of an electric mixer until frothy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and stir in melted butter, vanilla, almond extract, water and flour one at a time, mixing well after each. Consistency should resemble pancake batter. Spoon the batter into 3 inch circles on the prepared baking sheets. Leave room between for spreading.
3.
Bake for 5 to 7 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges begin to brown slightly. Quickly remove one at a time, place a message in the center, and fold in half. Fold the ends of the half together into a horse shoe shape. If they spring open, place them in a muffin tin to cool until set.

Kneaders White Chocolatae Chip and Cranberry Cookies

Kneaders White Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Cookies
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 egg
1 Tablespoon vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ cup white chocolate chips
1 ½ cup dried cranberries
1 cup macadamia nuts chopped.
Preparation: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with pan release. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg and the vanilla. Combine the flour and baking soda and stir into the sugar mixture. Do not over beat as this will cause the cookies to be tough. Fold in white chocolate chips, cranberries and nuts. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the cookie sheets. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes until slightly brown on the edges. Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheets before placing them on a cooling rack.
Makes about 36 1.5oz cookies or Kneaders size 18 cookies

Chick- fil-A chicken recipe

We love Chick-fil-A chicken- and the main draw back to where we live is that the closest store is SLC. We think this comes in pretty close though. You can use it to make sandwiches or nuggets or just a great fried chicken recipe.
Ingredients
3 cups peanut oil
1 egg
1 cup milk
milk (for dipping chicken)
1 cup flour
2 1/2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon salt
4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts

Below are the directions for using a pressure cooker to make them. I don't have one- so I just fried them in a pan. I also used half the salt that it originally called for (2Tbl originally). The first time I made this recipe- it was extremely salty.- so we thought it was much better with less. I also like to double dip it. Once in the milk mixture- once in the flour- then back to the milk and back in the flour. I also don't use that much oil- just about 1/2 inch in the bottom of the fry pan. I would definitely use the peanut oil though- I have tried it with canola- and it just isn't as good.
Directions
1Heat the peanut oil in a pressure cooker to about 400°F.
2In a small bowl beat the egg and stir in the milk.
3In a separate bowl combine the flour, sugar, salt and pepper.
4Dip each piece of chicken in milk and roll in flour mixture until completely covered.
5Drop all 4 in cooker.
6When steam starts shooting through the pressure release, set timer for 3 minute.
7IMPORTANT: DO NOT CLOSE STEAM RELEASE.
8IT IS VERY DANGEROUS!
9When chicken is done, remove it from oil and drain on paper towels.