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
January 16, 2010 at 9:52 pmSo 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
January 17, 2010 at 2:29 pmHi 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
January 17, 2010 at 5:42 pmOh that sounds soooo good. I think we’ll do that for sure!
Jennifer says
January 18, 2010 at 3:35 amWe 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
January 20, 2010 at 3:27 ami have been wanting to make these forever now!
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January 28, 2010 at 5:46 amDelicious!! Yummy!!
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Kalleen at Second Street says
January 7, 2011 at 9:00 pmThanks for linking up so many great ideas brandy!
Leslie Germain says
March 14, 2013 at 1:45 amHello 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
February 9, 2014 at 1:52 amUmmmm 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
February 9, 2014 at 12:49 pmThe recipe that it linked to from Alpha Mom works: http://www.alphamom.com/holiday/2010/01/fortune-cookies-for-valentines-day.php
Good luck!