Good Fortune

Durring the 19th century, a cookie very similar in shape to the modern fortune cookie was made in Kyoto, Japan. It was paired with the Japanese tradition of random fortunes, called omikuij. The Japanese version of this cookie is very different than our modern day fortune cookie: it had darker dough, was a little bit larger, and the batter was made out of sesame and miso instead of vanilla and butter. They do contain a fortune, but instead of putting it in the hollow part of the cookie, the wedged it in-between the bend part.

For chinese new year I had some friends come over and we had homemade fortune cookies (which I made), and my sister and I wrote the fortunes.

The Hardest Part

Trying to shape the baked dough into cookie while it was still hot.

It was yummy.