Blast Back In Time With These Ancient Egyptian Cookies

Edited & Written By Silas Lucas

Let me paint you a picture. Sixth grade year, fresh out of elementary, your first year in middle school. Hormones and emotions everywhere, and suddenly going from just one class, to six. Confusion and middle school heartbreak– but, you have a special interest. Ancient civilization mythology. And, for your first history class, you have social studies; a class which, lucky enough for you, has a unit covering ancient civilization. 

You come into class overjoyed to be learning about something you love…but, you get an assignment. Your teacher gives your class the assignment to make something from the time period of Ancient Egypt…you panic! I mean, it’s not as if you’re crafty, or know how to DIY anything like armor, or even a paper mâché spear!

So… What do you do?

Aha! Your saving grace: Ancient Egyptian cookies. You go home, and rush to make them. But the recipe…? Well, luckily enough, here it is.

The Process

The process was easy, though a bit particular, but hey, what baking process isn’t?

Step 1: Gather all of your dry ingredients into a large bowl, following the measurement directions listed above. (4 cups of flour, ½ cup of powdered sugar, ¼ teaspoon of baking powder, a pinch of salt, ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg.), and preheat the oven at 350. 

Step 2: Mix together the dry ingredients with a mixer set at 1, and then slowly start adding the vanilla extract, followed by the butter. Then, when that’s done, start pouring in the milk. 

Step 3: Scoop up tablespoons of the dough and roll into balls to place upon your parchment lined baking sheets, and lightly cross-hatch the balls before putting them down onto the sheets. When done, put them inside the oven for 12-15 minutes.

Step 4: After all this is done, simply pull the cookies out of the oven, let them cool, and then start dusting them with powdered sugar.

Step 5: Finish, and enjoy! Congrats, you’re eating a 2,000 year old recipe!