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    Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies

    Feb 8, 2022 ·

    Looking for a way to show your love on Valentine's Day? Why not try these Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies! These sweet treats are easy to make and can be personalized with messages of love for your friends and family. Plus, they're perfect for a fun classroom party favor and your kids will love helping you make them too!

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    Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies

    A cookie that was similar to the fortune cook has been around since the 19th century. The first recorded instance was during Japan's Kyoto era when batters were made with sesame and miso rather than vanilla butter; these cookies differ from their American counterparts quite a bit too-they're larger, darker doughy mass. They contain a fortune; however, the paper was wedged into the bend of the cookie, not inside the hollow portion. 

    ingredients in a bowls and food coloring next to it

    Ingredents For Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies

    • Flour- use all purpose flour. You need gluten free use gluten free one for one flour.
    • Butter - I like to use unsalted while baking.
    • Egg Whites- they give the fortune cookie there light and crispy texture
    • Vanilla- To give it some flavor.
    • Food Coloring- to make them and red for Valentine's Day

    How To Make Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies

    Write or print out your fortunes and cut them so they are about 2 inches across and ¾ of an inch in height.

    horizonal photo fortune cookie cracked open with a fortune in front of it

    Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use a silicone baking sheet.

    In a large mixing bowl beat together eggs, melted butter, sugar, and vanilla with a whisk or electric mixer until fluffy and frothy, about one minute.

    dough before mixing in a metal bowl with a metal whisk

    Add in flour and mix until just incorporated. The batter will be thin.

    Divide the mixture between 3 bowls add some red food coloring to one bowl to make the cookies
    red, add just a couple drops to another bowl to make them pink, and the last bowl you can leave plan. Put a few spoons full of some of the red dough in a piping bag or sandwich bag do the same with a few spoons of pink dough. Cut a tiny hole in the bottom and use it to pipe out hearts onto your cookies.

    round circles of cookie dough for fortune cookie

    Use the back of the spoon to spread out the cookie dough into a very thin circle. If it’s too thick, the cookie will be chewier and not crispy. I would start with two cookies at a time so you have time to get the hang of making the fold. Then you can make them four at a time, I found any more than four would harden faster than I could make them.

    uncooked circles of dough on baking sheet

    Use the piping bag with red dough to carefully pipe hearts onto some of your dough. I made some of the cookies plan with red hearts and some red with pink hearts.

    the dough for valentines day cookies on a cookie sheet

    Bake your cookies for 4-6 minutes (different ovens will vary with time) until brown around the edges. Add the fortune to the middle of the cookie.

    valentines fortune cookies on the side of a white bowl

    Use a spatula to quickly remove the cookie from the baking sheet. To form the fortune cookie shape, fold the cookie in half, then pull the edges downward over the rim of your bowl like in the above photo. Remember to work quickly before your cookie hardness.

    valentines fortune cookies in a pan

    Once you have made your fortune cookie place it into the bottom of a muffin tin to help them keep their shape until they harden completely.

    Close up of fortune cookie

    Storing Valentine's Day Fortune Cookie's

    After the homemade fortune cookies are completely cool you can store them in a Ziploc bag or an airtight container for up to 3 months in a cool, dry place. 

    Valentine's Day Fortune Cookies

    These sweet treats are easy to make and can be personalized with messages of love for your friends and family. Plus, they're perfect for a fun classroom party favor and your kids will love helping you make them too!
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    Servings 35 Cookies

    Ingredients
      

    • 3 Egg Whites
    • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
    • ½ Cup Butter (melted)
    • ¾ Cup Sugar
    • 1 Cup Flour
    • 1 tube red food coloring

    Instructions
     

    • Write or print out your fortunes and cut them so they are about 2 inches across and ¾ of an inch in height.
    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line your baking sheet with parchment or a silicone baking sheet.
    • Seperate the egg whites from your yolks.
    • In a large mixing bowl beat together eggs, melted butter, sugar, and vanilla with a whisk or electric mixer until fluffy and frothy, about one minute.
    • Add in flour and mix until just incorporated. The batter will be thin.
    • Divide the mixture between 3 bowls add some red food coloring to one bowl to make the cookies red, add just a couple drops to another bowl to make them pink, and the last bowl you can leave plan.
    • Put a few spoons full of some of the red dough in a piping bag or sandwich bag do the same with a few spoons of pink dough. Cut a tiny hole in the bottom and use to pipe out hearts onto your cookies.
    • Use the back of the spoon to spread out the cookie dough into a very thin circle. If it’s too thick, the cookie will be chewier and not crispy.
    • Bake cookies for 4-6 minutes until lightly browned around the edges.
    • Add your fortunes to the middle of the cookie Using a spatula quickly remove the cookie from the baking sheet.
    • To form the fortune cookie shape, fold the cookie in half. Then pull the edges downward over the rim of your bowl like in the above photo. Remember to work quickly before your cookie hardness.
    • Once you have formed your fortune cookie place it into the bottom of a muffin tin to help it keep it's shape until it hardens completely.
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    1. Danny says

      March 05, 2022 at 4:53 pm

      This recipe turned out really good! Thanks for the recipe!

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