Gypsy Heart
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Fortune Cookies
(makes about 16)
1 cup melted butter
6 egg whites
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract or you can use orange ort strawberry flavoring to give it a nice taste also
1 1/2 cups flour
(you can add a touch of food coloring if you want different colors)
1. Type out some fortunes, jokes,clues , whatever on paper and cut them out. I like to calligraphy mine on colored paper . This is the really fun part especially if you are baking for a friend, family member, baby shower....etc .
2. Preheat oven to 325F. Get two cookie sheets ready with parchment or silicone sheets. Add vegetable oil spray. Have two 12x muffin tins ready for forming cookies out of the oven.
3. Beat egg whites until frothy but not firm. Blend in butter, salt and vanilla extract.
4. Gradually add flour until batter is runny like pancake batter and not lumpy.
5. Spoon batter onto cookie sheets forming 4" circles, not too thick. I find I can manage about 6 cookies at a time (over two baking sheets), keeping in mind that you have one minute to form the cookies when they come out of the oven. If you have help, do more at once.
6. Bake until the edges are slightly golden--approximately 3-5 minutes. Watch carefully so they do not get too brown.
7. Remove from oven and flip cookies over on baking sheet(s). Place one fortune in center of cookie and fold cookie in half over fortune paper, to form a half moon. Take the two corners and bring them together. Place cookie in muffin tin to set. Within an hour, they are firm and ready, though they never get rock hard like the awful commercial ones. They stay somewhat chewy and kids seem to love them.
I go to the chinese restaruant and buy a few of their take out white chinese rice containers. These are then decorated or personalized for the recipitant....Place colored tissue paper inside before putting cookies in .
These really make cute wedding shower,New Years Eve, teacher or Birthday gifts.
(makes about 16)
1 cup melted butter
6 egg whites
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract or you can use orange ort strawberry flavoring to give it a nice taste also
1 1/2 cups flour
(you can add a touch of food coloring if you want different colors)
1. Type out some fortunes, jokes,clues , whatever on paper and cut them out. I like to calligraphy mine on colored paper . This is the really fun part especially if you are baking for a friend, family member, baby shower....etc .
2. Preheat oven to 325F. Get two cookie sheets ready with parchment or silicone sheets. Add vegetable oil spray. Have two 12x muffin tins ready for forming cookies out of the oven.
3. Beat egg whites until frothy but not firm. Blend in butter, salt and vanilla extract.
4. Gradually add flour until batter is runny like pancake batter and not lumpy.
5. Spoon batter onto cookie sheets forming 4" circles, not too thick. I find I can manage about 6 cookies at a time (over two baking sheets), keeping in mind that you have one minute to form the cookies when they come out of the oven. If you have help, do more at once.
6. Bake until the edges are slightly golden--approximately 3-5 minutes. Watch carefully so they do not get too brown.
7. Remove from oven and flip cookies over on baking sheet(s). Place one fortune in center of cookie and fold cookie in half over fortune paper, to form a half moon. Take the two corners and bring them together. Place cookie in muffin tin to set. Within an hour, they are firm and ready, though they never get rock hard like the awful commercial ones. They stay somewhat chewy and kids seem to love them.
I go to the chinese restaruant and buy a few of their take out white chinese rice containers. These are then decorated or personalized for the recipitant....Place colored tissue paper inside before putting cookies in .
These really make cute wedding shower,New Years Eve, teacher or Birthday gifts.
