Add food coloring to this recipe for fortune cookies to make your Chinese fortune cookies even more fun!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time7 minutesmins
Total Time27 minutesmins
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 27kcal
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Ingredients
3egg whites
3/4cupof sugar
3/4cupall-purpose flour
1/8teaspoonsalt
1/4teaspoonvanilla extract
1/4teaspoonalmond extract
2Tablespoonswater
Food coloring of choice
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and generously grease a cookie sheet
Beat together the egg whites and vanilla until foamy.
In another bowl, mix together the flour, salt and sugar.
Slowly pour the flour mixture into the egg white mixture, and blend well by hand.
Separate the cookie mixture into as many bowls as you want different colors (or, don’t use food coloring if you want the “normal” color of fortune cookies).
Add a couple of drops of food coloring to each bowl.
On the greased cookie sheet, spread batter about a 3-4 inch circle.
Bake the cookies for 5-7 minutes, or until the cookies have a golden edge and lift easily.
To Shape Fortune Cookies:
Place the folded fortunes (messages) onto the middle of the baked cookies. Carefully fold cooked fortune cookie dough circle in half.
On the straight side (the non-open side), push the dough up in the middle.
Grab the ends and pull them down toward you to make the fortune cookie.
Working quickly, shape cookies by folding and pushing into a fortune cookie shape. Work quickly before dough cools!
Place folded cookies into a muffin tin to help hold shape until cookies are cool.