Recipe: Diploma Cookies (with fortunes inside)

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DIPLOMA COOKIES
Source: Land O Lakes
Yield: 2 dozen cookies

A spring cookie recipe perfect for the graduate. Surprise them with diploma cookies containing fortunes you can print from the link below.

COOKIE INGREDIENTS:
2 egg whites
1 tablespoon fresh lime or lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup LAND O LAKES Butter, melted
1 pound vanilla candy coating
DECORATION INGREDIENTS:
Narrow ribbon in school colors

Download the pdf file of fortunes to insert in these cookies (click here).

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray cookie sheets with no-stick cooking spray. Generously butter handle of wooden spoon. Set aside.

Combine egg whites and lime juice in large bowl. Beat at high speed until foamy. Continue beating, gradually adding sugar, until glossy and stiff peaks form. Gently stir in flour and butter.

Spoon 2 teaspoon batter onto prepared cookie sheet; evenly spread batter to 3-inch circle. Repeat with remaining batter, placing only 3 cookies on each cookie sheet. (Do not reuse cookie sheets without first washing and reapplying no stick cooking spray.)

Bake for 5 to 8 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Immediately shape cookies by wrapping around buttered handle of wooden spoon. Gently remove from cookie sheet; cool completely.

Melt candy coating in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted (3 to 4 minutes). Carefully dip each end of cookie in coating. Gently shake cookie to remove excess coating. (Cookies are very fragile.) Place on waxed paper until coating is set (15 minutes). Repeat with remaining cookies and coating.

Download, print and cut apart fortunes provided with this recipe or write fortune messages on narrow strips of paper. Insert 1 fortune inside each cookie. Tie ribbons in school colors around center of each cookie.

RECIPE TIP
If using dark cookie sheet, line with aluminum foil; spray with no-stick cooking spray.

RECIPE TIP
When cookies are baked, immediately loosen them from the cookie sheet with a thin metal spatula. Working quickly, place buttered handle of wooden spoon on one side of cookie; carefully roll up. Keep bowl of spoon over edge of counter to make rolling easier. Slide cookie off spoon handle onto cooling rack. If cookies harden before rolling them, put cookies back into the oven until they soften (about 1 minute).

RECIPE TIP
Microwave vanilla candy coating on HIGH for 60 seconds. Stir; continue microwaving until candy coating is melted (30 to 60 seconds). Dip each end of cookie in coating.