recipe for basic fortune cooke and instructions to make fortune cookies courtesy of foodnetwork.com
Ingredients
- 2 egg whites, room temperature
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup flour, sifted
- 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
Cut a stencil out of a plastic coffee can lid in the shape of a 3-inch disk. Whip the egg whites until stiff and chill. In a mixer, cream the butter, then add the sugar and continue mixing. Add the flour and blend in, then add the vanilla and blend again. Add the chilled egg whites and mix on low until well incorporated and the batter is smooth. With a small offset spatula, spread batter through the stencil so it is a circle onto a silpat or parchment paper, about 6 per cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven until light golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes. Quickly remove the pan from the oven and one at time place a fortune across the center with a bit hanging out. Fold cookie circle in thirds over fortune with flaps only slightly overlapping each other. Turn over and bring opposing sides together and pinch. Let cool.
**If you want different colored fortune cookies add a couple drops of food coloring.
**If you want flavored fortune cookies substitute the 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract for lemon, orange, peppermint, almond or any other extact you have on hand.
You can make wafer sticks the same way too. Instead of the folding technique roll the cookies while they are pliable around something round, like a dowel rod. Once cool fill a pastery bag with a filling of your choice, and pipe inside the stick.
Enjoy!
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