Plus, you can come up with your own fortunes
(12 votes)
Cook: 40 Mins
Serves: 25
Price: 6p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 19g serving contains
Energy
286kj
68kcal
286kj
68kcal
3%
Fat
2.1g
2.1g
Low
3%
3%
Saturates
1.3g
1.3g
Low
7%
7%
Sugars
6.1g
6.1g
Med
7%
7%
Salt
0.06g
0.06g
Low
1%
1%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1506kj/360kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1506kj/360kcal
Ingredients
3 egg whites
1tsp almond extract
1tsp vanilla extract
4tbsp butter, melted and cooled
150g plain flour
3tsp corn flour
150g caster sugar
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.
2
Write or print fortunes onto small rectangular strips of paper.
3
Whisk the egg whites, almond extract, vanilla extract and butter together until pale and frothy.
4
Place the flour and cornflour into a sieve and sift into the egg whites, followed by the sugar. Whisk until you have a smooth batter.
5
Spoon 1tsp of the mixture onto the baking parchment and use the back of the spoon to shape the batter into a 1mm thick, 10cm in diameter circle. Repeat with the remaining mixture, leaving a 2-3cm gap between each one to allow the mixture to expand.
6
Bake 2 cookies at a time for 4-6mins until the edges turn lightly golden and the centre is pale.
7
Gently remove the cookie from the baking parchment with a spatula. Whilst they are still hot, place the fortune in the middle of the cookie, fold the circle in half to make a semi-circle, leaving an air gap in the middle and pinch the 2 outer edges together to create the classic fortune cookie crescent shape.
8
Leave to cool in a muffin tray so the cookies hold their shape.