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Fortune Cookies So Easy

“Taste and look just like the ones you get at a Chinese restaurant! I was very pleased with my first attempt baking these! Adding your own personalized message allows you to create great favors for any occasion! Alternatively, I have rolled these into tube-like cigar shapes and filled them with icing for other occasions which have been a crowd pleaser!”

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Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2012

Ok, so the cookies are delish, but if there is one thing I learned from studying in culinary school in hong kong that when making the cookie all you do when at the folding part is to fold them in half and lightly press the folded part on the edge of a glass you know like the rim until they are the desired shape:P

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The best part is eating

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2012

What a disaster! I will not be making these again. I must have done something wrong but I will not give it another try.

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barb57

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Living In: Greene, Rhode Island, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2011

I had to add more water too. And my son can't have nuts so I did lemon extract. They are great.

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Nicole A

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: South Burlington, Vermont, USA

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2011

was super easy and they taste so yummy!!! my kids loved them!! the only thing i needed to do was add about 1/4 cup more of water, but then they where perfect!!

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cookiemomstar

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Buhl, Idaho, USA

Living In: Caldwell, Idaho, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2011

Was a good idea, came out ok. Tasted good but were not crunchy. I tried cooking longer but could not fold. Were fun though, easy to make

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Dave

Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2011

I used a muffin top pan for perfectly round fortune cookies, they looked very proessional and everyone thought they were store bought, or made professionaly.

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mayangel

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2011

Delicious! They were the hit of the party. They were for a poker party and so I made the fortunes contain words related to poker. The cookies were more delicious than typical fortune cookies. They were like sugar cookies. It was not easy to fold while hot and I could only bake a few at a time in order to get to all of them before they cooled too much to fold and form. I recruited my husband to help put the fortunes in and fold them and we had fun with it as well as coming up with the fortunes. Some of the fortunes kind of melted and got stuck in the cookie, so next time I will try not to fold them when they are too hot, but not really sure how to prevent that. Definitely grease the cookie sheets well and only bake a few at a time.

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Tastykake

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2011

This came out perfectly. It did take a few tries to get the folding right but the Youtube video out there showing how to do it really helped. I added 4 additional TBSP of water to get the right consistancy and cooked them for 5 min. I was only able to do 3 at a time. The only downside is, because of the greasing of the cookie sheet, the fortunes get all greasy. I'm going to try using a silpat next time.

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Stephanie

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2011

It's probably not the recipe's fault, but out of the 36 this was supposed to make, I only managed to shape 4 (using about half of the batter). You've got to work REALLY fast. Also, grease like crazy!!! The main reason why mine failed was because it stuck to the sheet (I used tinfoil with butter, so I'm not sure how it would be different with parchment paper or whatever). They are REALLY hot coming out of the oven, so be careful! I ended up using a spatula to hold the edge down when I folded it. Good luck, but be sure that you know how hard and frustrating this recipe is!

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NinjaBaker

Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2010

batter way way to thick. had to at least double the water in the recipe then smoothed them out with a wet flat spatula. they tasted fabulous but still too thick to fold well. still were adorable and looked like fortune cookies. my kids loved them and got tons of oohs and ahhs at school international food day. will use my french tuille cookie recipe that is similar and rolls like a pencil to see if I can figure out the water/thinness questions.

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