Fortune Cookie Recipe - Expressive Fortune
Making fortune cookies may seem like a simple process, but trust us, when attempting fortune cookie recipes, many people find it frustrating and difficult. If you are so inclined to bake your own fortune cookies, we’ve listed a recipe below, but beware…. Don’t burn your fingertips!
Prepare fortunes by writing messages on about 20 strips of paper.
TIPS:
- Make only two or three cookies at a time, because the cookies become stiff very quickly and when cooled are too brittle to bend into their familiar shape.
- To form into the crescent shape, have a thin-edged bowl or pan on hand, along with a muffin pan.
- To handle the hot cookies, wear white, cotton glove
INGREDIENTS:
- 8 oz . flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 4 ounces sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 egg whites
- 4 ounces vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 300F.
- In a large bowl, Sift together the flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Stir in the oil, egg whites, water, and vanilla. On a well-greased baking sheet, roll a very thin 4-inch circle of dough and bake for 15 minutes or until golden.
- Remove one cookie at a time from the oven with a wide spatula; working quickly follow these four steps:
- Flip cookie onto cotton gloved hand.
- Hold fortune in center of pliable cookie while folding cookie in half.
- Grasp ends of cookie and draw gently down over edge of muffin pan to crease at center of cookie.
- Fit cookie in muffin pan (points down) to hold shape as it cools. If cookie hardens too quickly, put it back in the oven for about 1 minute.
Store in airtight container.
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