holly@hpfcla.UUCP (holly) (07/26/85)
FORTUNE COOKIE RECIPE There was a request a while back on notes for a recipe for fortune cookies. As luck would have it, the August 1985 issue of REDBOOK magazine just happens to have a step by step picture recipe on pages 124 & 125. If you can't find that issue any longer on the newsstands, reply to this note and I will post the recipe for you. OR you can get in touch with REDBOOK and they may send you a copy of the recipe. I know FAMILY CIRCLE does that for their readers. Good luck!
holly@hpfcla.UUCP (holly) (08/03/85)
FORTUNE COOKIE RECIPE
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
White of 4 large eggs
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons almond extract
1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. In medium-size bowl combine flour, sugar,
cornstarch and salt. With fork or wire whisk beat in melted butter,
egg whites, milk and almond extract until batter is smooth. Drop
batter, 1 tablespoon at a time, onto buttered, heavy non-stick baking
sheet.
(If necessary, place two thin baking sheets together to make one heavy
baking sheet.) Space batter 3 inches apart; batter will spread while
baking. Baking sheet should contain 4 cookies ONLY. Bake 8 to 10 minutes
on center oven rack until cookie edges are golden brown.
2. With large metal spatula, working quickly, remove cookies from baking
sheet. Gently slip onto clean, smooth kitchen towel or large cloth\
napkin.
3. Place one fortune paper in center of each WARM cookie. QUICKLY fold
each cookie in half, pressing edges to seal. For beautiful cookies it
is important for them to be warm and pliable while folding and shaping.
Speed is essential throughout the entire process of making fortune
cookies.
4. Immediately fold one cookie over edge of bowl starting with the longest
side of folded cookie against the rim of the bowl. Press about 30 seconds
until cookie holds its shape. Repeat with remaining 3 cookies. Bake and
shape remaining cookies, making not more than 4 at a time.
Makes 24 cookies.
Per cookie: 44 calories, l gram protein, 2 grams fat, 5 grams carbohydrates.
Note: The secret to making these favorite cookies is SPEED. Have everything
ready before you begin. At first, bake 2 cookies at a time. As you expertise
increases, bake in bathches of 4. If by chance 1 or 2 cookies cool and crisp
before being shaped, serve as brown-edge butter wafers with ice cream.
(Taken from August 1985 issue of REDBOOK magazine. Since you won't have the
step by step pictures that are in the magazine, buy a box of fortune cookies
before you bake these so you can make sure that you are folding the cookies
the right way.)
ENJOY!!