This Mother's Day make it special for mom, by making her custom made Fortune Cookies and let her know just how special she is. It doesn't take a lot of ingredients to make these fortune cookies, nor a lot of money. Almost everyone has these ingredients in their homes. If you don't have oranges or almond extract you can add 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Extract instead. Also if mom doesn't like chocolate, you can dip these bad boys in caramel. Have fun and hope mom enjoys these cookies!
Orange Almond Fortune Cookies dipped in Chocolate
Ingredients for Fortune Cookies
2 Egg Whites, at Room Temperature
6 Tablespoons of Butter
1/4 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of shifted all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/2 teaspoon Almond Extract
Procedure
Write out from 12-15 fortunes.
Pre-heat oven at 400°F.
In a clean, dry bowl, whip egg whites until stiff peaks form, place in refrigerator to be chilled.
In a separate bowl, cream butter, sugar and orange peel.
Add 1/4 cup of flour and mix well.
Add Almond extract, and the rest of shifted flour, mix well.
Turn mixer to low, and 1/3 of egg whites. When well incorporated add the rest of egg whites until the batter is smooth.
Using the top of a coffee can lid, cut a 3 inch hole diameter, use this as a stencil.
Place your coffee lid stencil on top of your greased baking sheet (if you have a baking mat there is no need to grease the baking sheet), using a small offset spatula lightly spread batter on top of stencil, remove stencil carefully so not to ruin the shape.
Make 4-6 cookies at a time, don't make too many since you have to form the cookies while their hot.
Bake approx 5 minutes or until edges become golden brown.
Remove from oven
Quickly separate cookie from pan while hot, place fortune note in the middle of cookie, fold cookie in half, take the ends of the cookie and bring together. Place cookies in cupcake, muffin pan or cup, until it cools so it can keep it's shape.
Chocolate Dip
6oz of Chocolate (use mom's favorite chocolate)
Chopped Nuts, Sprinkles or shaved Coconut
In a microwave safe bowl, add chocolates and microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds or until you see chocolate sweat, mix chocolate with a small rubber spatula, if you need to melt chocolate more, just heat 10 seconds at a time, and always mix until all chocolate is melted.
Dip half of fortune cookie in chocolate, than dip in nuts, sprinkles or coconut. Place fortune cookie on cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
Let chocolate dry.
Place cookies in decorated tin can or Chinese to go box.
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