For the dough:
• 2/3 cup margarine or butter, softened •1/2 cup sugar •1 egg
• 3 tablespoons water or milk •1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 21/2-3 cups sifted flour
For the filling:
• Apricot preserves •Peanut butter •Chocolate chips •Nuts
• Chopped apples
For the fortunes:
• 36 pieces of paper 2” square •Ball point pen

Using a wooden spoon, cream the margarine or butter with the sugar (ask a grownup if you don’t know what that means). Add the egg and continue creaming until smooth. Add the water or milk and vanilla. Sift the flour and mix it with the margarine mixture until a ball of dough is formed. Divide the dough into 2 cylinders: one about 3 inches wide, and one about 11/2 inches wide. Cool in the refrigerator for a few hours. Ask a grown up to preheat the oven to 350°. Cut the dough from the wider cylinder into thin slices (about 1/8 inch thick). Flatten them a little with a rolling pin. Write a silly fortune on each sheet of paper. Fold the paper twice and place it in the middle of each circle of dough. Cut the dough from the narrower cylinder into thin slices (about 1/8 inch thick). Flatten them a little with a rolling pin. Place one over each fortune. Gently press the edges of the smaller circles of dough to blend them into the larger circles. When this is done, turn each one over. Place one teaspoon of filling in the center of each round. Draw the edges up at three points to form a triangle. Place the triangles on ungreased baking sheets and bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on rack.