Cookies with fortunes
Cookies with fortunes have several origin stories, but the Chinese-American version is considered the primary one. In the early 20th century, residents of San Francisco’s Chinatown aimed to attract tourists by creating unique souvenirs and serving exotic Eastern dishes. To truly amaze the public, restaurants began offering cookies with wise Chinese sayings – paper fortune tellers. Tourists loved the idea so much that bakeries continue to professionally make fortune cookies to this day. You can also prepare cookies with messages at home without needing a significant occasion like a birthday or New Year’s Eve. You can add a fun twist to a friendly gathering with humorous wishes or numbers for exam preparation. Simply write what you like on small notes or stickers and place them inside the cookies. The thin layer of the cookie is easy to crack open with a little pressure, revealing an unusual proposal or advice in your friend’s hands
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Cookies with fortunes have several origin stories, but the Chinese-American version is considered the primary one. In the early 20th century, residents of San Francisco’s Chinatown aimed to attract tourists by creating unique souvenirs and serving exotic Eastern dishes. To truly amaze the public, restaurants began offering cookies with wise Chinese sayings – paper fortune tellers. Tourists loved the idea so much that bakeries continue to professionally make fortune cookies to this day. You can also prepare cookies with messages at home without needing a significant occasion like a birthday or New Year’s Eve. You can add a fun twist to a friendly gathering with humorous wishes or numbers for exam preparation. Simply write what you like on small notes or stickers and place them inside the cookies. The thin layer of the cookie is easy to crack open with a little pressure, revealing an unusual proposal or advice in your friend’s hands
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Ingredients
Unsalted butter with at least 65% fat content
60 g
Egg whites
3
Sugar powder
125 g
Method of preparation
1
To start, melt the butter: cut 2/3 of the volume into cubes and melt it in a saucepan with a thick bottom over low heat. The butter should not boil, and let it cool down
2
While the butter is cooling, separate the yolks from the whites and cool the whites in the refrigerator. After about 15-20 minutes, beat the egg whites with a mixer until stiff peaks form. It’s important that the consistency is so stiff that the peaks hold their shape. The better you execute this step of the recipe, the crispier the base for the cookies will be
3
Now set the mixer to the lowest speed and start adding powdered sugar to the egg whites. Gradually increase the speed while continuing to beat until the powdered sugar is completely dissolved. You need to create a dense meringue-like cream
4
For kneading the dough, you need to gently mix the cooled butter with the egg whites and continue beating the mixture
5
Sift the flour in advance and add it to the dough without a blender, stirring the mixture with a spoon. If the mixture turns out too thick, dilute it with warm water and leave it for 20 minutes
6
Bake on parchment paper, and to prepare an elastic dough for rolling, it’s important to grease the parchment paper beforehand. It’s essential to quickly place dough portions of about 10 centimeters in diameter to prevent the mixture from spreading. Set the temperature taking into account the features of your oven: the optimal temperature should not exceed 170 degrees Celsius
7
The readiness of the cookies is determined by the color of their edges: when they start turning brown, remove them from the oven. The finished circle will be elastic for a short time, so prepare strips of paper with predictions in advance. Now, place a saying in each cookie and roll it into a tube, connecting the ends to the middle
Cooking tips
1
To shape the form: prepare a shot glass and place the rolled-up paper inside for final fixation. Working with cooled cookies is impossible – you can only shape them properly with the oven-baked blank
The delicious dessert is ready. Share the recipe on social networks. Enjoy your meal! With care for you, UE “Borisovskiy kombinat hleboproduktov”
