OLE & LENA JOKE / FORTUNE COOKIES
Contributors: Krumkake recipe from Dena Iverson, Embla Lodge #2 (pg. 76, Nordic Cookbook) & Fortune Cookie Joke (Yoke) shape & idea by Mary Ashley, Sigrid Undset Lodge #32,Cupertino, CA
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 cup butter, metled (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Ole/Lena Jokes cut into small strips of paper and folded to fit inside
- Beat eggs until light and fluffy.
- Add sugar, nutmeg, melted butter cream and enough flour to handle.
- Let stand 30 minutes (or more) in refrigerator..
- Preheat Krumkake grill* as directed.
- Open iron; lightly brush inside top and bottom with shortening, oil or melted butter.
- Spoon small amount of batter in the center of the grill (less than 1 Tablespoon batter). Close iron.
- Bake until lightly browned (about 1 - 2 minutes).
- Insert tip of a knife under cookie to remove from iron; insert a fortune in center and quickly close into a half circle and place (fold side) over side of glass container (2 cup glass measuring cups work well) folding into the fortune cookie shape. Hold until cool enough to hold shape. Move to plate to cool further before packaging or eating.
- *The electric Krumkake griddles (irons) for these cookies are available at many of the Scandinavian shops and other cookware places online (2 linked in left column). However a Pizzelle griddle with 2–4 shapes works terrific as well and increases time you take to do this.
- Ole and Lena Jokes are available (Goggle it) )on the internet or by purchasing books (Ole & Lena Jokes).
- People enjoy the Norwegian tasting fortune cookies with traditional Ole & Lena Jokes. Instead of jokes, you can also do facts about Norway/etc. inside the cookie. Great for wedding favors, special parties and banquets.
- You can also use your favorite Krumkake recipe for this instead of the one above.