"At your next Chinese dinner, surprise them with homemade fortune cookies! You'll need to have a bunch of fortunes written out on paper for stuffing in the cookies!"
In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add cooking oil and egg white; stir until smooth. Add water; mix well.
Make 1 cookie at a time by pouring 1 tablespoon of batter on a lightly greased skillet or griddle; spread into a 3 1/2 inch circle. Cook over low heat about 4 minutes, or until lightly browned. Turn cookie with a wide spatula; cook 1 minute more.
Working quickly, place cookie on pot holder. Place fortune in center of cookie. Fold cookie in half, then fold again over edge of bowl. place in muffin pan to cool. Repeat with remaining batter.
I've seen it done. I know it can be done. And now I'm sure this is not the recipe to do it with. I even made 2 batches thinking I was the problem. I adjusted the heat, the cooking time, and ...
This recipe worked well when I made it on my griddle. It works better when the pan isn't greased (I used butter). It has to be spread very thin and be quite brown before removal, or else it re...