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Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies

The cookies are fun to eat, but a craft to make.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Additional Time5 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Sweets
Keyword: fortune cookies, homemade, how to make fortune cookies, sweets
Servings: 5
Calories: 66kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 egg white
  • 1/4 c. flour
  • 1/4 c. sugar
  • 1/8 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp. almond extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 1-2 TBSP water

Instructions

  • Write out fortunes on small pieces of paper. See blog post for ideas and paper cutting technique + best pen.
  • Whisk ingredients together.
  • Place parchment paper on baking pan, and pour / spoon a small circle about 3 inches in diameter. I find it best to cut up the parchment paper into small squares for each cookie as it makes cookie removal easier.
  • Bake at 400 for 4 minutes, or 375 for 5-6 minutes if they are thicker than you can see the parchment paper wrinkling underneath them. If you can see the parchment paper wrinkling underneath the batter, then definitely keep an eye on it and reduce by a minute. It might be better that way but either way works. Just make sure to keep an eye on it and get it out when the edges start to brown a little.
  • Remove from oven, and while wearing some kind of safety glove to help protect your fingers from the hot temp of the cookie, carefully peel the cookie from the parchment paper and place fortune in the center. Bend like a taco, and then bend perpendicular over the edge of a coffee mug.
  • Place into muffin pan to hold shape while it cools. If the cookie is too small for the muffin pan, you can place it tips down into ice cube trays.
  • For the chocolate decor, melt chocolate wafers in a decorating bag in the microwave 30 seconds at a time, and knead it a bit. Once melted to a good consistency, let cool a little more to room temp. The cooler it is, the thicker the chocolate will be. Then roll the top of the bag inward like toothpaste, and cut the tip of the decorating bag and squeeze chocolate over cookies.