Fortune Cookies

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I love "Fortune Cookies". Most of us are familiar with these delicious treasures as they are served at the end of most Chinese meals.

They are paper thin, crisp, light and a perfect accompaniment to a filling meal. Baked inside each cookie is a tiny piece of paper with a message; words of wisdom, prophecy or lucky numbers. I don't believe everything I read but I can't help to look forward to reading my fortune. Just now I opened a cookie and the note inside read, "The gift is not as precious as the thought." How true is that.

Contrary to popular belief, Chinese fortune cookies did not originate in China, in fact they were invented in California around 1909. As with any invention this one also had its controversy as there were 2 companies one from San Francisco and the other from Los Angeles claiming they invented the cookie. In 1983, the court ruled in San Francisco's favour.

I must admit I have never made fortune cookies from scratch. This is probably because I usually purchase a bag of cookies for a few dollars and I can't imagine doing a better job. However, I did find what looks like a delicious recipe from one of the chefs from FoodNetworkCanada. Click here to see it. One of these days I will make them from scratch, but for now I just enjoy snacking on them.

As far as cookies go, these are pretty good to snack on, one cookie has approximately 30 calories and 0 grams of fat. Most of the calories come from sugar but nevertheless its a good alternative to a chocolate chip cookie. For a detailed nutritional analysis click here.