Does anyone know a good, easy, recipe for fortune cookies?

Question

i've tried just about every recipe on the internet and i can't get the cookies to fold or stick, my dough is too runny and sticky. help?

Answer 1

try this book. i know they have it. just to lazy to type it.

desserts my the yard:

author: sherry yard

Answer 2

This is the best recipe in my Chinese recipe cook book i can find.

I hope it helps!

8 oz . flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch

4 ounces sugar

1/2 teaspoons salt

2 egg whites

4 ounces vegetable oil

1 teaspoon water

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

In a large bowl, Sift together the flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Stir in the oil, egg whites, water, and vanilla. On a well-greased baking sheet, roll a very thin 4-inch circle of dough and bake for 15 minutes or until golden.

Remove one cookie at a time from the oven with a wide spatula; working quickly follow these four steps:

1. Flip cookie onto cotton gloved hand.

2. Hold fortune in center of pliable cookie while folding cookie in half.

3. Grasp ends of cookie and draw gently down over edge of muffin pan to crease at center of cookie.

4. Fit cookie in muffin pan (points down) to hold shape as it cools. If cookie hardens too quickly, put it back in the oven for about 1 minute.

TIPS:

-- Make only two or three cookies at a time, because the cookies become stiff very quickly and when cooled are too brittle to bend into their familiar shape

-- To form into the crescent shape, have a thin-edged bowl or pan on hand, along with a muffin pan.

-- To handle the hot cookies, wear white, cotton gloves.

Answer 3

Use more dough. That is the clue.

1. Make Up the Fortunes Ahead of Time

This will give you more time to compose the messages. The strips of paper used should be 3 to 3 1/2 inches long and no more than 1/2-inch wide.

2. Use Cold Baking Sheets

Fortune cookies tend to turn out best when you start with a cold (and greased) baking sheet. Since most recipes make more cookies than can be placed on one 9 X 13-inch baking sheet (the cookies spread out during baking), it’s best to use two baking sheets. That way, you don’t need to wait for the sheet to cool down before baking the next batch of cookies.

3. Cookie Size: Larger is Better

Many fortune cookie recipes call for making a 3-inch cookie. A cookie this size is more difficult to work with and fold than a slightly larger (3 1/2 - 4-inch) cookie. Another plus is that the larger cookie fits snugly into the cup of a muffin tin. This saves you from having to hold the cookie for several seconds after folding, to make sure it keeps its shape. My own preference is to use one level tablespoon of batter to make a 4-inch cookie.

4. Tilt the Baking Sheet to Spread the Batter

The key to making fortune cookies is a batter that is evenly spread out on the baking sheet. This can be difficult to accomplish with a wooden spoon, since the batter tends to stick to the spoon. Carefully tilting the baking sheet in all directions gives better results.

5. Start By Making Only One or Two Cookies

The instant the cookies are removed from the oven, the race begins: you have twenty seconds at most to add the fortunes, fold the cookies in half and then shape them into the standard fortune cookie shape. It’s best to start with one or two cookies – that way, you’re not feeling pressured.

6. How to Tell When the Cookies are Done

The cookies are done when approximately 1/2 inch of the outside is golden and they are easy to lift with a spatula. The middle part of the cookie remains quite light in color.

7. Wear Close Fitting Cotton Gloves

You need to work with the cookies when they first come out of the oven and are still very hot - wearing cotton gloves makes this easier.

8. Be Prepared to Work Quickly

As noted above, you only have up to twenty seconds to work with the baked cookies before they cool down and stiffen too much to be workable.

9. How to Fold and Shape the Cookies

Remove the cookie from the baking sheet with a spatula and flip it over in your hand. Lay the fortune in the middle of the cookie, and hold it there while folding the cookie in half.

Still holding the the folded cookie in both hands, between your thumb and index fingers, pull the ends down over the rim of a glass or a muffin tin, or the handle of a wooden spoon, until the ends meet. The opened side of the fortune cookie should be facing upward, towards you.

Answer 4

try this: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/diningou...

the directions couldn't be clearer

Answer 5

CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIES  

1 egg

1/4 c. sugar

2 tbsp. oil

2 tbsp. water

1/4 c. cornstarch

Write "fortunes" small paper strips. To make cookies, beat egg slightly. Gradually add sugar and beat until very thick. Fold in oil. Mix cornstarch with water and a little egg mixture. Beat into remaining egg mixture.

Heat griddle to 350 degrees. Drop batter by heaping tablespoons onto griddle, forming circles. Cook about 5 minutes until set and golden on bottom. Remove from heat.

Lay a paper on each cookie. Working quickly, fold in half, then fan bottom edges toward each other. Cool and keep in airtight container. Don't cook too many at once, or they'll harden before you can shape them.

Makes 18