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Chinese Fortune Cookies
Ingredients for this Easy Chinese Fortune Cookie Recipe
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 )
How to
Make the Easy Chinese Fortune Cookie Recipe
STEP ONE:
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~ 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:
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~ 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" :-)
Tip:
~ first print 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 try making a Big Fortune Cookie or even a cookie
fortune giant size - it could be a real treat as a special occassion
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
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