Fortune Cookies
Quick answer
- Total time
- 81 min
- Level
- Hard
- Servings
- 7 servings
- Ingredients
- 4
About this dish
Egg white, sugar, flour and butter spread into paper-thin circles, which must be folded the moment they leave the oven.
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Only two bake at a time, since they set quickly as they cool. A thick center stays chewy even after folding. Printed paper or ballpoint ink should not go inside, and any message belongs on the wrapping instead.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Preheat to 180°C.
Draw two 10 cm circles on baking parchment and turn it marked-side down on a sheet pan. Prepare a mug and muffin pan.
- 2
Beat whites to soft peaks, then gradually beat in sugar until dissolved.
Mix in sifted flour and lukewarm melted butter on low speed until smooth.
- 3
Allow about 15 g batter per cookie for 14 cookies, spreading each very thinly over a 10 cm circle.
Bake two at a time for 6-8 minutes until the centers look dry and the rims are golden.
- 4
Lift one cookie at a time with a spatula.
Wearing food-safe heat-resistant gloves, fold it in half and press the edges. Bend the center of the folded edge over a mug rim, bringing the ends downward. Set in a muffin cup to hold its shape. Do not insert paper.
- 5
Repeat in pairs to make about 14 cookies.
Cool the final pair for at least 10 minutes until fully cold before storing airtight.
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- Fortune Cookies
SBS Food · Checked: 2026-09-26
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