Kid
Recipe
Lila's and Maya's Favourite
Easy Fortune Cookie Recipe
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~ Maya
and I love cooking, and we love eating. We always try out new recipes
and would love to know what your favourite kid friendly recipes are
~ Here
is one of our favourite section of homemade cookie recipes - Chinese Fortune
Cookies take a little practice to prepare but they are great fun and especailly
the fortune sayings can be made well ahead and be made into a customized
fortune cookie
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What's
NEW
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Chinese Fortune
Cookies
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Chinese
Fortune
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Ingredients
for this
Chinese Cookie Recipe |
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~Chinese
Fortune Cookies are not actually Chinese but American thought to originate
from California, but nobody really knows who the inventor was
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Peanut
Butter
Fortune Cookie 
2 large
egg whites
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
8 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 teaspoons water
( these
are all ingredients for this easy fortune cookie recipe - add peanut butter
drizzling for extra effect)
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The first fortune cookies reached China in 1992 imported from America advertised
as "genuine American fortune cookies."
~ some people say David Jung, a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles
and founder of the Hong Kong Noodle Company, invented the cookie in 1918
others claim that it was invented in San Francisco by a Japanese immigrant
named Makoto Hagiwara a gardener who designed the famous Japanese Tea Garden
in Golden Gate Park. |
How
to Make the Fortune Cookies
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Cookies:
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Chinese
Fortune Sayings
~ to make sure the chinese fortune saying
fits inside the fortune cookie make sure they are on papers that are
3 1/2 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.
~ A little food for thought -Ideas
for Fortune Cookie Sayings
~ A novel way would be to make little fortune cookie invitation
sayings, for a kids party ,a wedding or a chinese new year celebration |
How
to Make
Chinese Fortune Cookies
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STEP
ONE:
easy fortune cookie recipe
~ heat oven to 425 degrees
~ grease a baking sheet.
~ put egg white into a bowl and lightly beat
~ add vanilla extract, almond extract and vegetable oil until frothy
~ do not beat until stiff, just frothy
~ in another bowl add sifted flour, salt sugar and cornstarch,
~ to in this flour mixture add water and blend well
~ into the egg white mixture and the flour mixture and stir until a smooth
fortune cookie dough mixture emerges
~ the fortune cookie batter should drop easily of a spoon but not be runny
~ scoop a small piece of batter onto the cookie baking sheet
~ try and leave at least 3" space around them as they will grow larger
~ Move the baking sheet with a rocking motion to and fro so the batter froms
little circles ( approx 2" in diametre)
~ bake the little fortune cookies until the outer 1/2-inch of each cookie
turns golden brown and they are easy to remove from the baking sheet with
a spatula (14 - 15 minutes).
STEP TWO:
easy fortune cookie recipe
~ NOW You need to work Quick ~remove
the cookie with a spatula and flip it over in your hand.
~ Place a fortune saying in the middle of a cookie.
~ To make the fortune cookie shape, fold the cookie in half
~ carefully pull the edges downward
_ you might want to do that over the edge of your coffee cup, the rim of
a glass or a clean spatula
~ if you make a lot of cookies it helps to invest in a cookie fortune mold
or better "Fortune Cookie Mold" :-)
~ Toppings can be added for that extra special effect and seasonal celebrations,
check here for photo
ideas of toppings for personalized fortune cookies
click here for a printer friendly or black and white
printable
version of this kid recipe
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Cookies Tip |
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Tip:
easy fortune cookie recipe
~ Try and make only 2 chinese fortune cookies at a time, until
you have really practiced and got speedier at folding because when you
take the fortune cookies out of the oven within 20 seconds the cookies
become really hard and you will no longer be able to bend them
~ Preheat the oven so that you have an even temperature of heat oven to
425 degrees.
~ It might help to wear some gloves or use some cooking tweezers to pick
up the fortune cookies as they tend to be very hot - adult supervision
is definetly required with this kid recipe.
~ For special occasion the Big Fortune Cookie or even a Giant
Fortune Cookie  -
it could be a real treat as a special occasion birthday fortune cookie
or wedding fortune cookie
recipe for chocolate fortune cookie
~ dip the edges in melted chocolate( uese a double boiler ) to give that
extra yummy touch
Easy Fortune Cookie personalized
~ to make a personalized fortune cookie find out some details about the
recipient and make a cookie custom fortune
~ Tailor the the fortune cookie sayings to the occassion, like a special
disney princess birthday party could have little prince and princess fortune
sayings
and a chinese New year Party could have fortune cookie sayings about New
Years resolutions
~ If you need lots of fortune cookies for a party or celebration organise
a "Fortune cookie express pre-party " get-together and create
with kids and friends your partyfoods
If you have not got time for this easy fortune cookie recipe and are in
a hurry then this
Fortune Cookie Kit  might
just save you lots of time!!
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