Fortune Cookies
 

Took this from recipesource.com, haven't tried it yet. I'm wondering first, if somebody has a better recipe, and second, if you've made them before, does it matter what kind of paper you use for the fortunes?

Fortune Cookies

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Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies & Bars Holiday Gift Giving Recipes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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12 strips red and/or green paper strips
3 tablespoons butter -- softened
3 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup flour

Heat oven to 400. Grease 2 cookie sheets. Write a fortune on each strip of paper and have an empty water glass ready.

Beat butter, sugar egg white and vanilla in a small bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Stir in flour.

Working in batches of 3, drop 1 1/2 teaspoons of batter at least 4" apart on prepared cookie sheet. Spread batter with back of a spoon into a 3" circle.

Bake 3 to 4 minutes or until edges turn golden brown. Working quickly, remove cookie with a spatula to work surface. Place a fortune horizontally in the center of the cookie. Fold bottom half of cookie to top and press edges with fingertips for 3 seconds. Holding top edge of cookie, place center of fold over rim of the glass. Gently press sides down to bend cookie in middle. Let cool on rim 1 minutes. Repeat with remaining 2 cookies. Let cookies cool completely on wire rack. Repeat process using remaining dough and cooled cookie sheet. Store in an airtight container.

Re: Fortune Cookies
 

You have to work at lightening speed, not just quickly. If you take too long, the cookies harden in whatever shape you have them in. It takes practice to get it just right. So if you really need a specific number of fortune cookies, I'd double the actual amount (yes, you can actually screw up that many).

Re: Re: Fortune Cookies
 

This is true. I've seen it in action at the little fortune cookie shop in Chinatown here, and they always have bags of rejects for sale that are only partially folded or not folded at all. They still taste yummy though.

We don't need no steenkin' fortune!

I had a friend try to do this. He quit after an hour just because he couldnt get any to form right. Just a heads up.

very tough to fom them. make sure temperature is right.

A silpat or parchment paper is your best friend also.