I was so excited to find a recipe on how to make homemade fortune cookies!
I am glad that we did a trial batch just to get the technique down. The recipe said that you could use silpat, parchment or just an ungreased baking sheet. I used parchment and the cookies stuck to it…BAD. So we used a baking sheet sprayed with non stick spray and it worked out perfectly. I’ve made about 6 batches now and they have all turned out perfectly with the non stick spray and baking sheet method. I’d definitely recommend going that route.
We packaged them in Chinese take-out boxes and gave them out on Valentine’s Day to the kids’ teachers. They loved them! They especially loved that the kids made their own “fortunes”.
I used this recipe found on Alpha Mom.
JHill says
So cute! I am going to bookmark this one because we are going to do a yummy Chinese meal on V-day since it’s also Chinese New Year’s. Thanks for the idea!
Grammaduh says
Hi Brandy, If you want to up the yum factor try this: Dip one half in white almond bark, let dry, then dip the other half in chocolate almond bark. (Just hold one of the pointy ends and dip half way) It’s not only yummo but has a great presentation. Kylee and I made them last year for her birthday party and she gave each of her friends a Chinese take out box of them for their “thanks for coming to my party” gift. It really makes just regular ‘ol store bought fortune cookies look impressive too. Love your blog!
brandy says
Oh that sounds soooo good. I think we’ll do that for sure!
Jennifer says
We did a Chinese New Year Family Home Evening last year with food and games and such and I tried fortune cookies but the paper ended up sticking to the cookie. I’m not sure if it was the recipe or perhaps I didn’t bake it quite long enough. I’ll definitely have to try this recipe and hopefully it works a little better. Thanks for the link!
Steph @ somewhatsimple says
i have been wanting to make these forever now!
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Delicious!! Yummy!!
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Kalleen at Second Street says
Thanks for linking up so many great ideas brandy!
Leslie Germain says
Hello Brandy. Thand you for posting this fun idea. I found your blog through a pin for the fortune cookies. I made these for my son’s Ninjago party. Thank you. The party will be featured on my blog tomorrow with a link to your page. If you have a chance, stop by and check it out.
Leslie
http://www.thememorynest.blogspot.com
Carolyn says
Ummmm where is the recipe?? I’ve had to click and go to 3 different pages now and still no recipe!!!! And it looks like this one is a dead end….. Why do I have to click and go to all these pages for the recipe?? Otherwise I love all the ideas and recipes….sorry, it’s just a bit frustrating!!!!
Brandy says
The recipe that it linked to from Alpha Mom works: http://www.alphamom.com/holiday/2010/01/fortune-cookies-for-valentines-day.php
Good luck!