Cupid's Fortune Cookies!
Photo and recipe courtesy of Our Best Bites
With both Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year coming up this weekend, we're in major celebration mode! Both holidays are about spending time with loved ones so who says you have to choose just one? These chocolate-dipped fortune cookies bring you the best of both worlds. The homemade fortune cookies are nothing like the tooth-chippers you have at the end of a Chinese buffet either - more like a thin sugar cookie! Four simple ingredients allow the sweet, vanilla fragrance to come through. Slipt in a personalized fortune, and you're
Ingredients
- 1/2 C flour- If you have bread flour, use it.
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla- or sometimes I use 1/2 almond 1/2 vanilla
- 2 egg whites
Directions
- Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend to combine. Place in a container and chill 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400°. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Draw 3-4 (3-inch) circles on paper. Turn paper over.
- Spoon 1 teaspoon batter into center of each of the drawn circles; spread evenly to fill circle.
- Bake at 400° for 5-6 minutes or until the cookies are brown just around the edges and a little toward the centers.
- Remove from the oven. Let sit for a few seconds before removing from pan. Working quickly, loosen edges of cookies with a spatula, and turn over. (Note the 3 baking methods described in the post above. You might find that one of those works better for you)
- Place fortune along the center of 1 cookie. Fold cookie over so the edges meet ; press edges together. Gently pull the ends of the cookie down over the rim of a small bowl (or jar); hold for a few seconds or until set.
- Repeat procedure with remaining cookies.
