Best Homemade Fortune Cookies Recipes

HOMEMADE FORTUNE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Write fortunes on small strips of paper (3-1/2x1/4-in.); set aside. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Using a pencil, draw two 3-1/2-in. circles on a sheet of parchment. Place paper, pencil mark down, on a baking sheet; set aside., In a small bowl, beat butter, sugar, egg white and vanilla. Add flour; mix well. Spread 1 tablespoon batter over each circle. Bake 4-5 minutes or until lightly browned., Slide parchment onto a work surface. Cover one cookie with a kitchen towel. Place a fortune in the center of the other cookie; loosen cookie from parchment with a thin spatula. Fold cookie in half over fortune strip so the edges meet; hold edges together for 3 seconds., Place center of cookie over the rim of a glass; gently press ends down to bend cookie in middle. Cool 1 minute before removing to a wire rack. Repeat with second cookie. If cookies become too cool to fold, return to oven to soften for 1 minute. Repeat with remaining batter and fortunes.

HOMEMADE FORTUNE COOKIES

Steps:

• Print and cut out 3-inch wide paper fortunes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
• Combine egg white, sugar, milk, vanilla extract, almond extract, salt, and butter in a bowl. Whisk until sugar is dissolved. Add flour and whisk until batter is smooth and falls off the whisk in ribbons.
• Scoop 1 tablespoon of batter onto the prepared baking sheet; spread out into a 4-inch circle using the back of a spoon. Repeat once more.
• Bake first batch in the preheated oven until crispy and golden brown on the edges and still pale in the centers, about 10 minutes.
• Quickly lift up cookies using a spatula. Add a fortune to each. Fold cookies in half, pressing edges together lightly. Bend each cookie over the rim of the pan, bringing ends down on either side. Lift up and curl ends towards each other. Place cookies in ramekins or muffin tins to hold their shape while they cool.
• Bake remaining batter in batches, folding and shaping the cookies while hot. Remove from ramekins or muffin tins when completely cool.

3-INGREDIENT HOMEMADE FORTUNE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease muffin tin with butter.
• Working with one wonton wrapper at a time, place one folded fortune in the center of the wrapper. Dip your fingers into a small bowl of cool water and lightly wet all four edges of the wrapper. Fold in half, gently pressing to seal the edges.
• Fold ends of wrapper toward each other to create the shape of a traditional fortune cookie.
• Working quickly with a pastry brush, generously brush each wonton wrapper with butter on all sides. Sprinkle each with 1/2 tsp. sugar, then place in a prepared muffin cup. Repeat with remaining wrappers.
• Bake cookies, flipping halfway through, until golden brown and crisp, 10-12 minutes. Let cookies cool slightly in tin, then carefully transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.

HOMEMADE FORTUNE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift the flour and corn flour. Add sugar and salt. Mix well. Stir in the oil, egg whites, water, vanilla and almond essence. Mix well.
• Next heat a non stick pan (medium heat). Drop a heaping tablespoon of batter into the pan. Then spread the batter with a spoon into a cookie about 4 inches in diameter. Cook until light golden brown on both sides, flipping once the first side is golden.
• Next, (write your own fortune), place a fortune paper (2 1/2 x 1/4 inches)in the center of the cookie and while the cookie is still soft and pliable, fold in half. Then fold the edges together and down. Again fold cookie in half. You are looking for a fortune cookie/crescent shape.
• Now place in muffin pan to hold shape and bake in oven about 5 minutes (temperature 200 C) Enjoy!!

HOMEMADE FANCY FORTUNE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift the flour. Place the flour and salt in a large bowl. Mix. Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Next add approximately 1/2 of the egg yolk . Mix well using your hands. Try to work quickly.
• Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 10 -15 minutes.
• Now take the chilled dough and roll out into a 12 inch square that is about 1/8 inch thick, using a rolling pin. Use a cookie cutter and cut out cookies using your favorite cookie cutter shape (the recipe should make about 25, depending on how big your cutter is).
• Make flower stem: Next cut the remaining dough into strips - 1/8 inch width and 6 inch long. Fold strip in half and twist strip together. I've done this in the photo above.
• Lightly butter a baking tray and then line with oiled or baking sprayed parchment paper. Place the flower stems onto the baking tray.
• Next brush the egg wash on top of the stem.Take a flower cookie and place on the top of the stem. Now make one hole on the top of flower using a toothpick.
• Brush the egg on top of the flowers and stems.
• Bake about 15 minutes at 200 c degrees or until the crust is golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let cool.
• Take a small strip of paper and write your fortune and connect it to the cookie with a piece of string threaded through the hole that you made in the flower. After that decorate.
• Enjoy.

HOMEMADE FANCY FORTUNE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift the flour. Place the flour and salt in a large bowl. Mix. Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• Next add approximately 1/2 of the egg yolk . Mix well using your hands. Try to work quickly.
• Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 10 -15 minutes.
• Now take the chilled dough and roll out into a 12 inch square that is about 1/8 inch thick, using a rolling pin. Use a cookie cutter and cut out cookies using your favorite cookie cutter shape (the recipe should make about 25, depending on how big your cutter is).
• Make flower stem: Next cut the remaining dough into strips - 1/8 inch width and 6 inch long. Fold strip in half and twist strip together. I have done this in the photo above.
• Lightly butter a baking tray and then line with oiled or baking sprayed parchment paper. Place the flower stems onto the baking tray.
• Next brush the egg wash on top of the stem.Take a flower cookie and place on the top of the stem. Now make one hole on the top of flower using a toothpick.
• Brush the egg on top of the flowers and stems.
• Bake about 15 minutes at 200 c degrees or until the crust is golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let cool.Take a small strip of paper and write your fortune and connect it to the cookie with a piece of string threaded through the hole that you made in the flower. After that decorate.Enjoy.