I tried to make fortune cookies from scratch over the weekend. It was an experience. To Sum up: They may not be perfect but they taste good. Here's my adaptation of a recipe I used from dianaskitchen.com.
Fortune Cookies
3 egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter -- melted
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Combine ingredients in order, mixing well after each addition. Chill 20 minutes. Make cookies 2 at a time. On greased cookie sheet, drop a spoonful of dough for each cookie. It is very important to spread dough very thin with back of spoon to about 3 inch diameter.
Bake about 7-10 minutes or until edges are lightly brown. Working quickly, place a fortune** in the center of each cookie. Fold cookie in half enclosing fortune, to form a semi-circle. Grasp rounded edges of semi-circle between thumb and forefinger on one hand. Place forefinger of other hand at center of folded edge, and push in, making certain solid sides of cookie puff out. (Or instead of using your finger to make the indent, push the side of the hot cookie on a counter edge) There's not much time to make the cookie shape because it will get hard fast! That's why they suggest doing 2 at a time. Remember: it will be hot!
Place each cookie in small size muffin tin or a cup, open edges up, until cookie is set. Store in airtight container.
Beforehand: Cut some paper into 2 inch x 1/2 inch strips. Type or write fortunes on them, to insert in cookies.
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