Fortune Cookie Recipes

The best fortune cookie recipes go along great with an Asian flair theme at your wedding.

A good friend of mine was hosting a baby shower and got Chinese take-out for the entire luncheon. It was yummy. So she didn't feel completely non-domestic, she took on baking her own funny fortune cookies. One of the guests loved the idea so much, she chose it for her wedding.

She used the recipe below, adapted from allrecipes.com, and came up with some great fortune cookie messages that she printed and cut into tiny pieces to insert into the mini desserts.

Ingredients:
1 egg white
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 cup white sugar

Directions:
1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a cookie sheet. Write fortunes on strips of paper about 4 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. Generously grease 2 cookie sheets.

2.Mix the egg white and vanilla until foamy but not stiff. Sift the flour, salt, and sugar and blend into the egg white mixture.

3.Place teaspoonfuls of the batter at least 4 inches apart on one of the prepared cookie sheets. Tilt the sheet to move the batter into round shapes about 3 inches in diameter. Be careful to make batter as round and even as possible. Do not make too many, because the cookie have to be really hot to form them and once they cool it is too late. Start with 2 or 3 to a sheet and see how many you can do.

4.Bake for 5 minutes or until cookie has turned a golden color 1/2 inch wide around the outer edge of the circle. The center will remain pale. While one sheet is baking, prepare the other. 5.Remove from oven and quickly move cookie with a wide spatula and place upside down on a wooden board. Quickly place the fortune on the cookie, close to the middle and fold the cookie in half. Place the folded edge across the rim of a measuring cup and pull the pointed edges down, one on the inside of the cup and one on the outside. Place folded cookies into the cups of a muffin tin or egg carton to hold their shape until firm.

Chocolate Dipped Fortune Cookies!
To dip your treats in chocolate follow the below. By Rhonda Parkinson, About.com Guide.

Ingredients:
•1 - 2 Batches Fortune Cookies (see recipe directions for link to recipe), as needed
•8 ounces sweet dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate

Preparation:
1. Prepare the fortune cookie recipe. Allow the fortune cookies to cool.

2. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment or wax paper.

3. Break the chocolate squares in half. Melt the chocolate in the top half of a double boiler, or in a bowl placed on top of a saucepan partially filled with roiling water. (Note: it's important not to burn the chocolate - make sure the water is not fully boiling, and that the bottom of the bowl does not actually touch the water). Gently stir the chocolate while it is melting.

4. Dip each cookie in the melted chocolate. (Dip the bottom of the cookie or the whole cookie as desired). We recommend only dipping half, because it's easier to eat, get the message out, and identify what type of cookie it is. Allow the excess chocolate to drip off and place the cookie on the wax paper. Use a plastic spatula to smooth and spread out the chocolate on bare spots of the cookie as needed.

5. Place the baking sheets in the refrigerator to cool and set the chocolate.

Note: When making the fortune cookie batter, feel free to use 1 teaspoon almond extract in place of 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract if desired.

For the chocolate, if you like bitter, go for Guittard semi sweet morsels. They're the best.

Enjoy your Fortune Cookie Recipes!

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