I first made these with my best friend, Dawn, back home years ago. They are fun to make but this isn't a cookie you bake with your little kids, older would be fine. Also be prepared to burn your hands a bit on the hot cookies while shaping them. Work quickly, it's hot, but it probably won't really burn you. When I first made these we put red ribbons with scriptures in them and took them to church.
The ones above are a little more brown than I like, the ones in the picture below are how I like them cooked. The darker ones taste just as good. I prefer the color on the pale cookie.
Here's the method. Scroll down for the complete recipe.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Melt the butter and set it aside. In a mixer beat the egg whites and sugar.
Place a tablespoon of batter on a well greased cookie sheet. Spread the dough out into a thin round layer- I find that the first batch is hardest, once the cookie sheet is hot the batter just melts while you spread it into the rounds.
I baked two at a time so I could shape them quickly, once they start hardening you can't shape them. Once out of the oven place the cookies onto a clean kitchen towel. And shape them into fortune cookies.
Fortune Cookies
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 large egg whites
- 1 cup superfine sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- Nonstick cooking spray
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt the butter and set it aside.
- In a mixer beat the egg whites and sugar until frothy.
- Add the flour to the mixer and beat until combined.
- Stir heavy cream, extract, and butter together.
- Add the melted butter, extract and heavy cream to the flour. Mix well, scraping the dough off the sides of the bowl.
- Place a tablespoon of batter on a well greased cookie sheet. Spread the dough out into a thin round layer- I find that the first batch is hardest, once the cookie sheet is hot the batter just melts while you spread it into the rounds.
- Bake cookies for 5- 7 minutes, until lightly browned. Like the second picture in this post.
- Bake the cookies two at a time so that you can shape each one quickly as it comes out of the oven. Once they cool they will not be pliable.
- As son as they come out of the oven, use a spatula to remove them from the cookie sheet an shape them into a fortune cookie.
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Nate~thanks for posting these...I am going to make them today:)
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