Ancient Silk Road Cookies (Original video)

Ingredients:

• Softened butter
• Sugar
• Whole wheat flour
• All-purpose flour
• Egg
• Cinnamon
• Jam (peach and grape used in the transcript)
• For swirly cookies: Roll out the dough, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, roll it up, chill, slice, and form into spirals.
• For thumbprint cookies: Roll dough into balls, make impressions, and fill with jam.
• For pretzel cookies: Roll out the dough, twist into pretzel shapes, and bake.

Instructions:

1. Cream together softened butter and sugar until light and creamy.
2. Add an egg and mix until well combined.
3. Gradually add whole wheat flour for thumbprint and swirly cookies, and all-purpose flour for pretzel cookies. Mix until a dough forms.
4. Chill the dough in the refrigerator until firm.
5. Shape the dough into different cookie variations:
6. Bake the cookies according to the recipe's specifications.
7. Enjoy the ancient Silk Road cookies with flavors of nuttiness, cinnamon, and butter, connecting you to different time periods and places.