Plus, I get to put any sweet saying in these fortune cookies that I want! Once I made these for a friend who had been in a car accient and stuffed the cookies with words of encouragment.
Ready to make fortune cookies? Let's get started!
A word about this recipe: you must be ultra vigilant while making them and not mind burning your fingers a little!!
Ingredients:
3 egg whites
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons water
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.Grease cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper. Have your slips of paper ready to go folded, off to the side.
2. In a large glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites and sugar on high speed with an electric mixer until frothy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and stir in melted butter, vanilla, , water and flour one at a time, mixing well after each.
3. Consistency should resemble pancake batter.
4. Spoon the batter into 3 inch circles on the prepared baking sheets. Leave room between for spreading.
5. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges begin to brown slightly. They will look like this:
6. Quickly remove one at a time, place a message in the center.Be prepared for you to possibly burn your fingers a little during this process! The key to this step and the next two is to do it as quickly as possible before the cookie "sets."
7. Fold in half.
8. Fold the ends of the half together into a horse shoe shape.
9. If they spring open, place them in a muffin tin to cool until set. I do this as a precaution for all of them.
And presto! You have made your own fortune cookies!!
Please Note:
Although these cookies are not malleable if overbaked, you need to bake them long enough until they are golden around the edges or they will be too under baked and remain soft, spongy and pancake-like. This is a tedious process but worth it!! Enjoy!
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