Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What Flavor Are Fortune Cookies?"
...How do you get the fortune in the cookie? The cookies are baked as flat circles. After they are removed from the oven, slips of paper are folded inside while the cookies are still warm and flexible. As the fortune cookies cool, they harden into shape. How do fortunes get inside of fortune cookies? (Everyday Mysteries ...
Fortune cookies are often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants in the United States and other Western countries, but are not a tradition in China. The exact origin of fortune cookies is unclear, though various immigrant groups in California claim to have popularized them in the early 20th century.