Thinking of making a customizable treat for someone in your life? Perhaps Valentine’s Day is coming up, maybe you want to cheer a friend up or you need the perfect gift for your anniversary. Look no further than this easy to personalize fortune cookies recipe! Not only can you leave super cute handwritten notes for someone inside or notes of encouragement but the cookies themselves are pretty addictive! When creating my fortune cookies I noticed that it is important to work quick which is why I recommend making your notes or messages ahead of time and having them already prepared. Additionally, when creating customized fortune cookies, you want to make sure you don’t make the batter too thick so that they dont turn into mini pancakes. Instead, spoon out as much as you need and spread it out in a circular motion so you can almost see the parchment paper underneath. Lastly, I would also recommend creating only making two fortune cookies at a time as you need to work fast and it can get harder the more you make at one time. Enjoy!
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INGREDIENTS:
Makes about 20 Fortune Cookies
4 Egg Whites
1 Cup of Flour
1 Cup of Sugar
4 TBSP of Water
2TSP of Almond Extract
You will also need:
Hand Mixer
Whisk
Medium Size Bowl
Baking Tray
Parchment Paper
Muffin Tray
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DIRECTIONS:
Write out your ‘fortunes’ on strips of paper 4.5-5 inches in length.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a medium size bowl, beat egg whites with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form .
Add in your flour, sugar and almond extract, and mix with a whisk until it turns into a paste.
Add in your water and continue to combine with a whisk.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper and make circles with the mixture about 4.5 inches in diameter. You don’t want to do more than three at a time (I found my sweet spot to be 2) and don’t make them too thick or else they will come out like pancakes. So make sure they are thin!
Bake for 4 minutes or until edges brown slightly.
Remove from oven allowing to cool for 5 seconds before quickly but carefully pealing the pancake off the parchment and folding it in half with one of the notes inside. Pinch the sides together before folding it in half again using a cup or a lip of a bowl (see below photo for demo).
Place in muffin tray to cool and harden.
Flip parchment paper over and repeat. NOTE: You don’t want to use a piece of parchment paper more than twice otherwise the cookies start to stick to the paper.
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I hope you enjoyed this homemade fortune cookies recipe as much as I do. If you have any comments please leave them below and I'll be happy to answer them as soon as I can! Happy baking!!!
