The video shows a person holding a recipe book and reading the instructions for making cookies. The person is standing in a kitchen, and there is a tray of cookies on the counter in front of them. The recipe book is open to a page with the title "Aunt Ella's Jelly Filled Cookies" and the ingredients listed are cream, sugar, margarine, egg, milk, flour, cocoa, vanilla, baking powder, salt, and flavoring. The person is reading the instructions carefully and appears to be preparing to make the cookies.