Wish cookies. How to make fortune cookies? Wonderful birthday cakes with the addition of starch

If you want to surprise and please your family and friends, then cook for them fortune cookies. As a rule, visitors of oriental restaurants are treated to such cookies after a meal. Why not adopt this way of entertaining guests.

This fun treat will appeal to everyone, both adults and children. Bake fortune cookies for the new year and put a dish with them in the center of the living room. Let every guest who visits your house take a cookie and read his prediction: what awaits him next year. Believe me, this entertainment will be remembered by everyone for a long time.

Although they look complicated, fortune cookies are actually very easy to make on your own. So if you've ever wondered how to make a fortune cookie, give it a try with my recipe. You can also change the recipe to your liking.

Ingredients

2 egg whites

½ cup sugar

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cup flour

1.5 teaspoons corn starch

4 teaspoons of water

3 tablespoons of vegetable oil,

¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

butter (for greasing the mold).

How to make fortune cookies?

Instruction

First, choose the right predictions. Print out a prediction sheet or write them by hand. You can use my prediction options, which are given at the end of the article. Cut the prediction sheet into strips 3 cm long and 1 cm wide.

Separate the whites from the yolks into a small bowl. Try to do this carefully so that the yolk does not get into the separated proteins.

Beat egg whites using a whisk (about 10 seconds). Add vegetable oil and vanilla extract. Continue whisking until the mixture is slightly frothy.

In an empty medium bowl, add sugar, corn starch, salt, flour and water. Use an electric hand mixer to fully mix the ingredients until a thick paste forms.

Preheat oven to 180C⁰.

With constant stirring with a mixer, very slowly pour the egg mixture into a thick paste. Mix until a homogeneous smooth mass is formed.

Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and brush with a thin layer of butter. Using a tablespoon as a measure, place the dough on a baking sheet. Be sure to leave a distance of about 2 centimeters between each serving of dough.

Place the tray in the oven. Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes until they are golden brown.

When the cookies are ready, start shaping them. Do not take all the cookies out of the oven, as they will cool down and then you will not be able to give them the desired shape. Turn off the oven and leave the cookie sheet in it. Wear gloves to avoid burns.

Take one cookie. In order to separate it from the parchment, do not use a spatula, but take the edge of the parchment, press from below and separate the cookies. Place it in the palm of your hand, place a piece of paper with a prediction in the center of the cookie.

Fold the cookies in half.

Then press down with your finger in the middle and connect the corners. A cup will help you with this. Hold the cookie in this position until it takes shape.

Place the cookies in cupcake liners and wait for them to cool, harden and take the desired shape.

Notes

For extra decoration, fortune cookies can be dipped in melted chocolate and then crushed nuts.

Or pour them with melted white and dark chocolate. To do this, melt the chocolate and fill it with a small pastry bag with a thin hole. Then pour over the cookies, moving the chocolate back and forth.

Fortune Cookie Prophecy Options:

Congratulations! You are on the right track.

Having conquered one mountain, start storming another...

A surge of energy will help you cope with a large amount of unplanned work.

Accept what you cannot change and you will feel better.

Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.

It's time to act!

It's time to end the old and start the new.

May the world be filled with peace and goodwill.

Working with new partners will be very profitable.

Work on your diplomatic skills - they will be very useful for implementing ideas.

Think and don't rush into action.

Let compassion guide your decisions.

The result of your actions may be unexpected.

Romance will move you in a new direction.

From now on, your kindness will lead you to success.

Today is going to be a beautiful day for you.

Measure seven times, cut once!

Listen to everyone. Ideas come from everywhere.

Nightingales are not fed with fables.

Focus on family and harmony with the world around you.

A happy life is right in front of you.

Now it's time to try something new.

Patience! You are almost there.

He who knows is rich enough.

Those who do not expect gratitude will never be disappointed.

Good luck guides you through all the hard times.

Pay special attention to old friendships.

Physical activity will greatly improve your outlook on life today.

Good time to finish old beginnings.

Good news will come to you in the mail.

Well done is better than well said.

Even though some try to stop you, you will still achieve your goals.

Man is never old to learn. New knowledge will bring you success.

Whatever is done is for the best.

This is the time to move. Your mood will improve.

You have to consider an unexpected offer

Do what your soul and body asks for

Don't give up and get what you want

Someone needs your support

Now that you've learned how to make fortune cookies, please be sure to check out the other recipes as well.

Since ancient times, people have believed in prophecies and predictions. They made life easier for them in moments when they doubted and hesitated when making decisions. But only bakers in ancient China took this seriously.

They were able to create such a recipe for predictions, which gained popularity after several millennia. And it is the “magic cookies” that become the most important delicacy of friendly parties and special occasions.

Preparation of predictions

If you want to ingratiate yourself with fortune, then Chinese fortune cookies will be the best and most successful choice. You can buy them at the nearest supermarket, a restaurant specializing in oriental cuisine, or you can bake a delicacy yourself. But more on that later, and now let's get down to the most interesting part - preparing predictions.

A note with a future wish is best printed using a laser printer. This is a very important point, since a prediction written with a pen or printed on an inkjet printer runs the risk of spoiling.

The fact is that there are recipes where a note is inserted before heat treatment. In this case, the text under the influence of high temperature conditions will become blurry and no one will be able to read it.

For a children's event, stock up on colorful paper. It will be interesting for children not only to read, but also to see who has what color prediction.

Classic recipe

Step by step workflow:

1. Beat the powder and proteins until a stable air mass;
2. Drain the oil and lemon juice;
3. Mix flour with the rest of the dry ingredients;
4. Pour into the proteins and knead the dough;
5. Preheat the oven to a temperature of 160C;
6. Roll out the dough into a thin layer (4 mm);
7. Using a mold or a glass with a diameter of 8 cm, cut out circles;
8. Put the prediction in the center of the circle;
9. Fold in half. Repeat procedure;
10. Grease a baking sheet with cooking oil and bake a treat for no more than 5 minutes.

Chinese fortune cookies

• sifted flour - 65 g;
• powdered sugar - 125 g;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• oil - 45 g.

Amount of calories: 321 kcal.

1. Gradually pouring in the powder, beat the whites until a stable mass;
2. Melt butter and cool;
   
3. Pour in a thin stream to the proteins;
   
4. In a separate bowl, beat the yolks;
5. Mix with proteins and adding flour, knead the batter;
   
6. If the dough turns out to be thick, pour in a few tablespoons of water;
   
7. Cover a baking sheet with parchment, carefully smeared with butter;
8. Preheat the oven to 180C;
9. Put a tablespoon of dough on the parchment. The pancake must be leveled so that it is approximately 8 cm in diameter;
   
10. Cookies must be baked until the edges become light brown;
    
11. Next, the cookies must be removed. Quickly roll up and put the prepared note in the center;
    
12. Fold the cookies again and lightly press the edges of the product to give it the shape of a shell;
13. To finally fix the shape, the product can be put in a glass. The main rule: the speed of movement until the cookies are cold.
    

Prediction Protein Dough Cookies

There are times when proteins lie in the refrigerator for a long time and we do not know where to use them. The most interesting and fastest use of the ingredient will be baking fortune cookies.

Required Recipe Ingredients:

• flour - 100 g;
• corn starch - 10 g;
• a pinch of nutmeg;
• vegetable oil - 50 ml;
• a pinch of cinnamon;
• squirrels - 3 pcs.;
• vanilla packaging;
• sugar - 50 g;
• water - 10 ml.

Time spent baking: 15 minutes.

Amount of calories: 365 kcal.

Step by step process:

1. In a dry bowl, mix vanilla, starch, cinnamon, flour, nutmeg and sugar;
2. In another bowl, beat the proteins gradually pouring in vegetable oil;
3. Pour the oil-protein mixture into the dry ingredients and add water;
4. Mix the dough until smooth. Approximate consistency: like dough for pancakes, only a little thicker;
5. The next algorithm of actions is exactly the same as in the previous recipe. The main rule: do not make pancakes too large in diameter, otherwise the cookies will look bulky, and not neat;
6. Products are baked at a temperature of 180C not from 5 to 10 minutes;
7. Put a prepared prediction in the center of a slightly cooled cookie;
8. Then fold it in half, and then give it the shape of a wigwam, that is, fold it again.

An important tip: watch the baking time, because by overcooking the products, you risk making them not elastic, but brittle and brittle. In this case, the cookies will not fold into the desired shape.

Standard Predictions:

1. It is enough to take the initiative - success will not keep you waiting;
2. All hopes and plans for the future will come true very soon;
3. Friends will help fulfill a cherished desire:
4. Get ready… A romantic adventure awaits you;
5. This month is the month of night adventures;
6. It's time to rest;
7. Your lifelong dream will come true soon. Just say yes;
8. Someone is in for a pleasant surprise;
9. Time is your best ally. Therefore, postpone the adoption of an important decision for a day;
10. Be patient and surprises will come;
11. Oops! But the cookie is not yours!
12. Only time can heal spiritual wounds and drain the lake of tears.

As never before, various kinds of fortune-telling are popular. People want to know what the coming year has in store for them, and if not to look into the future with one eye, then at least tune in to success in the new year. At this magical time, Chinese New Year fortune cookies will come in handy. This is a great opportunity to wish, cheer up and just cheer up your family and friends.

The recipe for Chinese fortune cookies is very simple and does not require any special skills or a lot of rare ingredients. The beauty of these cookies lies in the message sealed inside.

How fortune cookies look

Fortune cookies are one of the classic desserts for every self-respecting Chinese restaurant: small, crunchy, folded wafers that contain an aphorism note or phrase inside that most of the time makes no sense. Given these premises, one can assume that fortune cookies came from China, where they are consumed to celebrate certain holidays or anniversaries. But actually it is not. In China, it is practically not used, and if it is prepared by individual restaurants, it is only in order to attract tourists.

In fact, this delicacy comes from Japan. In the 19th century in Kyoto, several bakeries around the Omikuji temple began to produce "good luck crackers." Compared to the fortune cookies we're used to, not only were they dark, they weren't even sweet: their filling was based on sesame and miso. A fortune telling message was placed outside as Japanese bakers feared someone might swallow it by mistake. Luck crackers are still made in parts of Japan, especially near Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, where they are usually made on New Year's Eve. So how did Japanese crackers become a dessert in Chinese restaurants?

The history of the origin of baking

At the beginning of the 20th century, some Japanese expatriates began to produce a sweet version of luck crackers in San Francisco, in the United States. They quickly became in demand, but the presidential decree on the internment of the Japanese population of America in 1942 led to massive forced movements of the Japanese from the west coast to the so-called military centers. California also fell into the settlement zone.

The Chinese have taken the opportunity to start selling the popular Japanese biscuits in their stores, appropriating the recipe. Then a legend appeared, according to which in China in the XIV century, the future emperor Zhu Yuan Zhang himself put a message for his supporters in a moon cake and thus discreetly warned the militias about the beginning of the revolution. As a result of this rebellion, Zhu Yuan became the first emperor. Most likely, this was just a way to give the history of cookies a romantic coloring in order to increase sales. And he justified himself. With the advent of automation in the industry, cookies spread throughout the United States and beyond, gaining popularity that they have maintained to this day.

Ingredients

How to make Chinese fortune cookies? First of all, you need to prepare all the necessary ingredients. For the classic Chinese fortune cookie recipe, you will need:

• Egg whites - 3 pcs.
• Powdered sugar - 125 g.
• Flour - 100 g.
• Butter - 60 g.

Taste sensations will help improve:

• Cinnamon - 1 tbsp. spoon
• Vanillin - 10 g.
• Lemon zest or juice - a few drops
• Almond essence - a few drops

Also, some recipes for Chinese fortune cookies use starch diluted with water. This makes the treat crunchier, but makes it harder to wrap the message as the dough becomes more brittle. If your hand is not full, you risk breaking a good half of the products.

Required inventory

To make the cookies themselves, you need:

• baking sheet.
• Pan.
• Corolla.
• Parchment.
• Sieve.
• A bowl.
• Shoulder blade.
• Spoon.
• Saucer for serving.
• Love.
• Patience.

To prepare predictions, you also need to get a pen and paper.

Preparation of predictions

Traditionally, Chinese cookies are prepared on the eve of the Chinese New Year - on the night of February 19th. It is believed that if you follow the parting words that got into the cookies, in the new year everything will work out as well as possible. But this type of dessert has become so popular that it is often used for other reasons. Cookies are prepared for all kinds of entertainment events: for a children's party, bachelorette party or birthday.

Depending on the occasion, you should choose the appropriate predictions. You can find ready-made prophecies on the Internet or come up with your own. It can be poems, riddles, sayings, jokes, wise sayings or magic numbers that will bring good luck. The text can be printed on a printer or written by hand. You can also use colored paper instead of plain paper so that the cookies carry. The paper must be cut into thin small strips and write a prediction on them.

Cooking Chinese Fortune Cookies: Recipe with Photo

• First, melt the butter. It is best not to melt it completely, but only slightly heat it, then remove it from the heat and leave it in a hot pan, allowing it to melt on its own.
• Next, take the flour and sift it through a sieve into a bowl.
• Add egg whites and cooled butter to the sifted flour.
• Mix everything thoroughly and bring to a homogeneous mass with a whisk or spatula.
• When the dough is ready, add cinnamon, vanilla, almond essence or a couple of drops of lemon juice for taste. You can experiment with different combinations of spices.

How to bake Chinese fortune cookies

You can bake products both in the oven and in the microwave. If you are a fan of the oven, then it should be preheated to 180 ° C. Chinese fortune cookies should be baked for about ten minutes. If you prefer to save time, use the microwave. The baking time will take less than a minute. In both cases, you don't need to cook more than two cookies at a time, as they cool quickly and become brittle. As a result, it will be simply impossible to wrap a prediction in them. You need to spread the dough on parchment or silicone forms, forming thin pancakes with a diameter of 7-10 cm with a spatula.

Shaping and serving

The hardest part of the Chinese fortune cookie recipe is sealing the messages. This must be done very quickly, as the cooled dough becomes unsuitable for maneuvers. After taking the cookies out of the oven with a spatula, you need to put the message in the center, then fold the workpiece in half and use a glass or the edge of the bowl to give it the shape of the moon. You have to be careful not to burn yourself while doing this. It is best to use a pencil for folding in half. This will allow you not to break the shape and not get burned. Next, let the cookies cool down so that they become crispy. The finished dish can be decorated with chocolate or other confectionery decor. After that, it can be laid out in small saucers and served to guests.

How to decorate baked goods

Depending on the occasion of cooking, you can give the cookies different shapes and colors. So, for example, if you want to propose to your beloved, a red heart-shaped cookie with a ring inside is best. For the New Year, you can make the delicacy colorful, pour over icing or chocolate and sprinkle with confectionery powder. For children's holidays, it is worth decorating cookies in various animals: mice, bunnies, chanterelles.

On Valentine's Day, products can be shaped like hearts. For a wedding, hearts in white colors sprinkled with coconut flakes are also suitable. Inside you can seal the wishes and parting words to the young. The photo of Chinese fortune cookies shows some ideas for decorating finished products.

Prophecies and Wishes

If you've ever eaten Chinese fortune cookies and come across something like "be attentive to the signs of fate", then you understand that you have not learned anything new. The Chinese love to put meaningless phrases or folk wisdom into the message, which are already known to everyone. A Russian person likes more specific predictions like "a romantic surprise awaits you at the weekend." Also, all kinds of jokes and game elements, such as "your message in another cookie" or "eat me", are great to cheer up.

Here are a few phrases that are perfect for a festive feast:

• Start every day with a smile. Then you will have a good start.
• Anyone who wants to sing will always find the right song.
• Kiss the one on the left, he's been waiting for this all year.
• Only dead fish go with the flow.
• Don't worry, be happy :)
• Have a bite!
• Don't borrow, take forever.
• If you put a mirror in the refrigerator, there will be twice as much food.
• It's better to tell the truth on the phone.
• Smile more often.
• Hello from Mars. We are making contact. Remember, this is a secret message. Don't show anyone. Eat it.
• Ringing in the ear - wait for the good. Itchy nose - wait for the good. Nothing happens - wait for the good.

Cute wishing cookies are the perfect gift and magical dessert for any themed party.

We have specially prepared this amazing master class for those who want to surprise their relatives, friends and colleagues with an unusual, charming and tasty gift - cookies with extremely positive wishes.

We make cookies. We take ready-made shortcrust pastry for cookies - vanilla, chocolate, gingerbread or another, prepared according to your favorite family recipe. We roll out the dough into a sheet, as usual, and cut out cookies with cookie cutters. Forms can be absolutely any - hearts, stars, Christmas trees, snowflakes, circles, and so on, who has what.

And the main secret of cookies with wishes is that even before baking, you need to make two holes in the dough with an ordinary cocktail tube. Like this:

We bake the shaped cookies with holes in the oven according to your recipe.

So, now the fun part - decorating cookies!

To paint and decorate the finished cookies, you need to take:

for glaze

• 200 grams of high quality powdered sugar (no lumps!)
• 1 chicken protein
• food colorings
• piping bag and nozzle #1

for decor

• paper
• scissors
• satin ribbons

Cooking icing sugar. Gradually mix the protein with powdered sugar. The icing can be left white - cookies with snow-white icing, decorated with a colored ribbon, look very impressive.

In order to paint cookies with colored icing, you need to add a few drops of food coloring to the white icing. Glaze can be made in absolutely any color - just choose the color of the dye that you like.

We paint the finished cookies. After the cookies have completely cooled down, carefully outline the holes for the ribbons and the cookies themselves. When the contours are outlined, apply icing to the entire surface of the cookies.

Cookies with icing applied must be dry! This will take at least 5 hours. Moreover, the drying time of the glaze depends on the density of the prepared glaze. Keep in mind that liquid glaze can dry for a whole day, and thick (dense) glaze may well dry in a few hours.

We decorate cookies. For decoration, cookies will need multi-colored ribbons and leaves with positive wishes (predictions). The size of a piece of paper for wishes depends on the size of the finished cookie - if the cookie is 5x5 centimeters in size, then we cut out a piece of paper 5x5 centimeters. Wishes can be beautifully written by hand or printed on a printer.

We fold each leaflet with wishes into a bundle and fasten it to the cookie with a ribbon, tying a pretty bow.

Wish cookies look great in any color scheme.

And finds many fun ways to do it. For example, in China (or in the USA - these two countries are constantly arguing about who was the first), fortune cookies were invented.

Before you eat a treat, you need to break the cookie into two parts - inside there will be a treasured piece of paper that will tell the secret of your future or help you make a decision.

We offer three easy ways to make magical sweets.

Recipe 1 (basic)

You will need:

• 1/2 cup flour
• 50 g sugar
• 2 egg whites
• vanillin

Step 1. Whisk the egg whites. Add sugar, flour, vanilla. Mix everything thoroughly until a homogeneous dough is formed (consistency as for pancakes). We put in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. We heat the oven to 180 degrees. We cover the baking sheet with parchment.

Step 2 Pour one teaspoon of the mixture onto a baking sheet and level it with a spatula to circles with a diameter of 8 cm. It is better to do no more than four pieces at a time.

Step 3. Put the cookie sheet in the oven for 4-5 minutes. Make sure it doesn't burn. The tortillas should brown slightly around the edges. During this time, prepare predictions and a tea cup.

Step 4 We get a baking sheet. Wait 10 seconds and flip each cookie with a spatula. Now we put a piece of paper with a prediction on each “pancake”, fold the cookies in half, pinch the ends and “hang” on the cup - we get the shape we need. While the first cookies are cooling on the cup, load a new baking sheet.

Step 5 We bake cookies until the predictions run out. By the way, cookies can be dipped in chocolate, colored sprinkles or coconut flakes.

Recipe 2

You will need:

• 2 egg whites
• 1/3 cup sugar (powdered sugar)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanillin
• a few drops of lemon juice

Step 1. Whisk the egg whites. Add sugar and continue beating egg whites until smooth. Add melted and chilled butter, flour, salt, vanillin and a couple of drops of lemon juice to the egg mass. Mix everything thoroughly until a homogeneous dough is formed (as for pies). Preheat the oven to 160-170 degrees.

Step 2 We roll out the dough with a layer 3-4 mm thick. We cut out circles with a diameter of about 8 cm. We put a note with a prediction in the very center of the circle. Fold the dough in half so that the note is inside. In a straight line of the resulting semicircle, bend the dough in half again.

Recipe 3

You will need:

• 2 egg whites
• 4 tsp water
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon starch
• 1/2 cup flour
• 3 art. l. vegetable oil
• vanillin
• 1/4 tsp salt

Step 1. Beat the whites (to start for 10 seconds), then add vanilla and vegetable oil. Continue whisking until the mixture begins to foam slightly.

Step 2 Pour sugar, starch, salt, flour into the second bowl, add water. Use a mixer to get a homogeneous mass.

Step 3 Continuing to beat slowly, pour in the egg whites. The result should be a fairly thick mixture. At this time, preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Step 4 Lubricate the baking paper with butter, spread the dough on the paper with a spoon. Bake for approximately 10 minutes.

Step 5 Insert the fortune cookie into the cookie, using the rim of the mug to shape the cookie into the desired shape (see Recipe 1).

Step 6 Arrange folded cookies in a muffin tin and bake for another 5-10 minutes. Ready!

48 prediction ideas from the site portal

We decided a little and came up with almost five dozen magical predictions that you can put in your cookies. There are only good forecasts and wishes here: we know that such a small note can inspire new achievements or just