Chinese Fortune Cookie Recipe For A Do it Yourself Treat

Chinese Fortune cookies make a fantastic gift for Valentines day simply because you get to write your own message inside them and share with your friends and loved ones.

You can make them super special by writing a one of a kind message to your loved one… something in which they will never forget. You can purchase fortune cookies with a special message or make your own! The recipe is making your own Chinese Fortune Cookie is below.

Chinese Fortune Cookie Recipe:

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

Preheat oven to 400° F. Butter/grease about 2 cookie sheets and place aside. Write fortunes on strips of paper about 4 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.

Mix the egg white and vanilla until foamy but not stiff. Sift the flour, salt, and sugar and blend into the egg white mixture. Place teaspoonfuls of the batter at least 4 inches apart on one of the prepared cookie sheets. With the back of a spoon flatten 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 at a time because it takes time to fold each one immediately as the come out of the oven.

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.
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 or small glass 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 and voila, you’ve got Chinese Fortune Cookies!