Thursday, February 17, 2011

Fortune Cookies

I got this recipe out of GoodHouseKeeping Cookies Favorite Recipes for Bar, Drop, Rolled & Shaped Cookies. Today I made Fortune Cookies (page 120) which everyone loved! These fortune cookies might not turn out right the first time, and they are much more soft than a regular fortune cookie. Here is the recipe:
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Active time: 45 minuets      Bake time: 4 minuets per batch    
Makes: 6-14 cookies, depending on how small you want your fortune cookies to be
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2 Tablespoons butter (do NOT use margarine)
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 large egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
6-14 strips of paper (3" by 1/2" each) with fortunes*
                                  
1. Preheat oven to 375* F. Grease 2 small cookie sheets.
2. In 1-quart saucepan, heat butter over low heat until melted. Remove saucepan from heat. With wire whisk, beat in confectioners' sugar, egg white, vanilla and salt until well blended. Beat in flour until batter is is smooth.
3. Drop 1 heaping teaspoon batter onto cookie sheet. Repeat with another teaspoon batter, at least 4 inches away from the first. With small metal spatula or back of spoon, spread batter evenly to form two 3-inch rounds.
4. Bake until cookies are lightly golden, about 4 minuets. Loosen both cookies with metal spatula. Working with 1 cookie at a time, place a fortune across center of hot cookie. Fold one cookie in half, forming a semicircle, and press edges together. Quickly fold semicircle over edge of small bowl to create a fortune-cookie shape. Repeat with remaining cookie. Let shaped cookies cool completely on wire rack. 
5. Repeat with remaining batter and strips of fortune paper to make 6-14 cookies in all, cooling cookie sheets between batches and regreasing sheets as necessary. 
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*Here is a fun idea that is much better than writing fortunes. Instead, you could right some short Bible verses or Bible verse references on the pieces of paper! 

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