How to Make Homemade Fortune Cookies | Get the Dish

Find out how to make your own homemade fortune cookies! Della Gossett, executive pastry chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago Beverly Hills, shares her recipe for homemade fortune cookies. The process is similar to making tuile cookies. Be prepared to work quickly with nimble, fast fingers to fold your personalized fortunes into the malleable, freshly baked vanilla cookies. Otherwise, you may end up with a batch of malformed (albeit completely edible) fortune cookies.

Homemade Fortune Cookies
From Della Gossett, Spago Beverly Hills

INGREDIENTS

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup rice flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
4 egg whites
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons canola oil
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, rice flour, cornstarch, salt, and sugar.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg whites until frothy. Set aside.

Create a well in the middle of the dry ingredients. Pour the canola oil, water, and vanilla extract into the center. Use a rubber spatula to stir the wet ingredients. Eventually incorporate the dry ingredients along the sides of the bowl. Stir until all the dry ingredients are well blended.The batter will be stiff. Add half of the egg whites. Mix well to break up any lumps. When smooth, incorporate the remaining egg whites. Mix until smooth.

Pipe or spoon the batter about the size of a quarter onto a nonstick baking sheet, leaving about 3 inches of space in between each spoonful of batter. Using the back of a spoon, spread the batter in a circular motion outward to make it as thin as possible without creating holes in the batter. Bake for approximately 8 to 10 minutes until slightly brown around the edges.

Remove from oven and with an offset spatula, carefully and quickly scrape the fortune circles off the nonstick sheet and flip them over. Place a fortune strip in the center of the cookie. Immediately fold them in half slightly and crease the middle of the cookie on the edge of the hot pan or a cup to shape. Place the folded fortune cookies into a muffin pan to cool (so they won't lose their shape). Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Yield 18 cookies

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[finn-xk]

"Alright chef so what's the secret be.."
"OKAY"

[ResidencefUtopia]

2:28-2:34 never seen someone so happy about food coloring..

[Onekitchenblogfood]

I have always wanted to learn how to make fortune cookies! They are so cool and I love that you put a message inside!

[galamonzerrat]

lol I rewinded to the beginning a few times were she says "chef so what's the secret.. OKAY!" Lol

[twinklechan]

Love these cookies....cuz the first time I ate one my fortune really came are so yummy.n

[maryhata]

I love how they forget to tell you it burns the crap out of your hands -.-

[carrenajackson]

Sneaky way to get your fortune told it go against the law of God cookie taste nice

[maya]

I replayed this 7 times because of 0:03

[multimediamanifestation]

I love this recipe! What kind of paper is best to use for the little fortune slips? I've tried several types/weights, but haven't yet arrived at the magic formula...

[madsmadeit]

am i the only one that thinks she sounds like ellen?

[fenial.]

I was always wondering how the put the little papers on the cookie!

[annan]

I already watched this on the channel before... De ja vu much..

[chorjiepoo]

Thank you for recipe. Is cornstarch equivalent to cornflour?

[tammyepruitt]

Was it ok to substitute Canola oil with vegetable oil that had canola oil in it? I hope so.

[hollymay]

These looked great I can't wait to make them xx

[kjgrjugcnr]

What can I replace all purpose flower with?

[upgrade]

"OKAY, Ju vanna play?.." Hahahahaha

[charlottechung]

Those fortunes are so cheesy (just to clarify: fortune cookies is not a Chinese food)

[Bassbutterflyyy]

Funny how she uses the fortunes to advertise this. Really?

[SamanthaC]

I do love this channel for fun recipes and entertaining new twists on food. However, your presenter is way too cheesy and cringeworthy it's sorta embarrassing to watch. And what's with the shameless plug in the cookies. It had to be said...