Cookies & biscuits · Original adaptation
Orange-Almond Fortune Cookies Recipe
Thin orange-scented cookies folded around handwritten messages while still warm.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 8, Episode 2
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Orange-Almond Fortune Cookies
- Prep
- 30 min
- Bake
- 18 min
- Total
- 48 min
- Makes
- 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 large egg whites
- 70 g caster sugar
- 55 g plain flour
- 40 g melted butter
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 pinch salt
Method
Write 12 short messages on narrow paper strips. Heat the oven to 180 C, or 160 C fan.
Whisk the whites and sugar until foamy, then whisk in flour, butter, zest, almond extract, and salt.
Spread two 9 cm circles of batter very thinly on a silicone-lined tray.
Bake for 6 to 7 minutes until the rims brown. Working quickly, place a message on each, fold in half, and bend over a cup rim.
Cool in a muffin tin to hold the shape and repeat in small batches.
From the episode
Biscuits
This adaptation starts from the episode's biscuits brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
