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I used to teach these cookies in my children’s’ cooking classes. They were so fun to make, they tasted good, and no matter what shape they ultimately obtained, everyone enjoyed . Even the littlest members of your family can color the paper strips and try to find their creation. Optional: proposals can be included with or without the ring imbedded inside…
Fortune Cookies
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (your choice as long as it’s flavorless)
1 egg white
1 tablespoon water
½ teaspoon vanilla
Additional cooking oil for greasing the pan
- Before making the cookies, write fortunes on strips of paper ½ inch wide and about 6 inches long. Fold in half crosswise. Set aside.
- In an 8 ounce bowl combine the flour, sugar, cornstarch and salt.
- Add the vegetable oil and the egg white and stir until the mixture is smooth. Add water and vanilla. Stir well.
- Lightly grease a skillet or griddle with cooking oil. Make one cookie at a time.
- For each cookie, pour 1 tablespoon of the batter into the skillet or griddle and spread to create a 4 inch circle.
- Cook over medium low heat about 4 minutes or until a light brown. Turn the cookie with a wide spatula and cook for another 15 seconds.
- When the cookie is done, use the wide spatula to lift the cookie out of the skillet onto a pot holder.
- Working quickly, while the cookie is still soft and warm, put a fortune in the middle and fold the cookie in half.
- Bend the folded side in half over the edge of a bowl and then gently pull on the ends so edges of cookie come together. Put in a muffin pan to cool so it stays rounded and bent.
This makes about 8 cookies but recipe can easily be doubled.
Tina’s Tidbits:
- It is best to use a flavorless vegetable oil in most recipes for baked goods. Although there are some exceptions, olive and peanut oil or other nut oils should not be used in baked goods unless the recipe specifies it.
- It is imperative to work fast after the cookie has been made so that it will fold in half and bend to form the traditional shape.
- Not completely like the cookies you get in a Chinese restaurant, but a lot of fun to make with kids or as an adult activity at your party.
