The Cookie Castle News
About Surviving The Storm Damage And Presidential Lore
IN THE MAY 3, 2025 ISSUE
Royal Greetings From The Cozy Castle Kitchen
Food For Thought
Laugh of the Week
Product Review
— Bull Shot Carpet Spot & Stain Remover
Household Hint
Recipe Of The Week
— Lemon Yoghurt Breakfast Cake
A View From The Castle (News Commentary Blog)
— Interesting Things You Might Not Know About Our Presidents
CookieQueen Entertainment
Cookie Queen Cookies & Cakes
Cookie Queen Cookbooks
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ROYAL GREETINGS FROM THE COZY CASTLE KITCHEN
In 51 years of living in this house I’ve experienced times of being without water, without heat in seven-degree weather, without A/C in 85 degree-temperatures, and without electricity. I’d be hard-pressed to pick one as being the most difficult to deal with. They each have their own particular problems - but most are manageable.
When the water is off you can buy bottles or ice cubes and melt them. When it’s a three dog night and you only have one dog you can layer on hats and coats and gloves and blankets. When it is stifling hot and the A/C died you can set up some fans to help. But when there is no electricity — unless you can afford to buy a generator — there is not much you can do.
The wind/rain storm that hit throughout the United States on Tuesday night was widely reported because millions have been without power for days. So — if misery loves company we have plenty of that.
There are just four households in my neighborhood without power. None of us is living in a tent as some of the recent hurricane victims are still doing. One of them has a huge (and very noisy) generator - so he is good to go. Another bought a VERY long extension cord and is getting some power from the guy across the street. One of us has a disabled child on oxygen so they had medical professionals came to assist with their problem.
Then there is me. And I am lucky to have great neighbors who are keeping my food in their refrigerators and freezers and recharging my many battery operated lights and appliances.
And I not saying the past week has been horrific because this does not involve a hurricane, this does not involve wild fire, this does not Involve an explosion. None of our properties were damaged. And also I am happy to report that I have not been kidnapped and being held hostage by Hamas terrorists. Just suffice to say that this week has been an interesting “adventure” in perseverance.
Two of my most perplexing issues have been getting out of my garage (my garage door is VERy heavy to lift) and opening a can of pumpkin for my dog’s dinner. Jenni gets steamed chicken and pumpkin every night. I do not want to upset her routine so since I could not use my electric can opener I considered going to my very dark basement to look for the old hand crank opener.
Instead of risking that dangerous journey I used the pointy end of a metal bottle opener to punch holes in the can and then shook out enough pumpkin for her dinner. Where there’s a will there is way — with one exception.
I am a “news junkie” — I am addicted to listening to the news, watching Congressional hearings, Cabinet meetings, press conferences, political podcasts. I have voices in my ear from 5 a.m. until midnight. Now it is so quiet I my house I can hear my own heartbeat and I feel like I am going through detox. Or so I imagine what it would be like since I have never had to quit alcohol or drugs cold turkey.
I feel so out of the loop. Like maybe the world stopped turning and I would be the last person on earth to be informed. I absolutely hate not knowing what is going on. I have to go outside to see what the weather is before I decide what clothes to wear. Very stressful which has exacerbated a case of the shingles which I’ve been dealing with for the past two weeks. Stress makes the rash itch and hurt a lot more. So I try to keep busy.
So - I’ve been working in the yard, washing windows, organizing drawers and cabinets, playing the piano, doing yoga. And vacuuming — all of my vacuums are rechargeable and my neighbors have kept those up and running for me. For entertainment I watch the birds. — the humming birds are back for the summer and they are very much fun to observe.
And this too shall pass. We’ve been told it could be two — maybe three WEEKS! I am soon going to have to find a way to bake cookies as I have a big wedding cookie order for the end of the month. There is no way in hell I am going to call that bride’s other and tell her there will be no cookies for the wedding. I’ve been dealing with mothers of the bride and cookies for the past 32 years. Frankly, rather than make that phone call I would take the bridge. I will find a way to bake those wedding cookies. I will.
** See the household hints section below to learn how to open a can without a can opener.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
― Winston Churchill,
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LAUGH OF THE WEEK
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PRODUCT REVIEW
If you spend any time at all on the internet I am sure you have seen commercials for Bull Shot Carpet Spot & Stain Remover.
Among the product claims:
* Perfect for pet stains and odors. It even works on old stains
* If you have a stain, you just aim, spray and walk away. The stain and odor will be eliminated
* Cutting-edge formula stain lifting foam dives deep into fibers, breaking down, emulsifying, and neutralizing even the most stubborn stains and smells
* Not only does Bull Shot attack stains, but it also eradicates unpleasant odors,.
Don’t believe a word of it. None of this is true.
Do NOT waste your money and then stink up your house. I fell for their line of baloney and spent $30 bucks for this awful awful stuff. I tried it on two different spots. Did not work. Let it dry as directed. Sprayed and blotted again. Didn't work. Let it dry. After the third day I was done. And leaving windows open does not remove the horrible smell this stuff leaves behind. I'd rather smell a skunk. Besides leaving the windows open (it was 37 degrees here) I also had two air purifiers going at high speed for three days. Total waste of time, money and my sanity. Also my dog wants to have a say about this. She thinks dog poopy smells better than this stuff and she is really mad at me for doing this to her house. This is the worst thing I have ever bought on amazon.
I bought it because it said it was unscented. Two weeks later my house still reeks from this stuff. Unfortunately this is one item on amazon that is it not returnable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3R7F36S?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
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HOUSEHOLD HINT
How in the world do you open a can of food when your can opener is electric and you have no electricity? I have a hand-operated done somewhere in my basement - but finding stuff down there even with all the lights on is difficult at best. Doing itinerary the dark would be impossible unless it jumped to and said “here I am.” Needed to open a can of pumpkin as my dog Jenni get pumpkin everyday with steamed chicken for dinner.
So - how Id I open the can? I used a pointed end bottle opener the puncture the edges of the can. - not an easy job - and then whenI had half cut I shook to as much as I needed for Jenni.
When I was at friends house using her internet the next day I learned this:
How to Open a Can With a Metal Spoon
Place the can on a flat, stable surface. Use one hand to hold it firmly and grip the spoon with the other hand.
Place the tip of the spoon against the inner edge of the lid (where you would normally place a can opener).
Hold the spoon so the inside of it is facing the lid of the can. Start rubbing the spoon back and forth while pressing it down hard against the can to make a groove, and eventually a hole. From this hole, use the edge of the spoon to slowly cut all the way around the top. Once you get the lid weakened enough, pry open the lid.
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Other helpful household hints can be found in the second edition of my book "Never Scrub Another Toilet- The Cookie Queen Tells you How to Keep your Castle Clean and Other Ways To Live Like Royalty."
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK
I had some leftover yoghurt I needed to use before the “sell by” date and found this recipe online. This is great treat for a nice breakfast. It works out best if all the ingredients are at room temperature.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups plain Greek yogurt
1/2 cup butter (softened)
3 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp.vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon extract
4 large eggs
3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp, salt
1/4 tsp.baking soda
Lemon juice
Powdered sugar
How To Make It
* Preheat oven to 325 F.
* Grease and flour (or spray with a nonstick spray that has flour in it) a 12-cup bundt pan.
* In a large bowl, beat yogurt, butter, extracts and sugar together until well-combined.
* Beat in eggs one at a time.
* Add flour, salt and baking soda - stir in until just combined.
* Pour batter into prepared bundt pan.
* Bake 90-110 minutes on the second from the bottom rack of the oven until a wooden cake tester comes out clean.
* Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
* Mx powdered sugared and lemon juice then pour glaze over cooled cake.
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A VIEW FROM THE CASTLE (News Commentary Blog)
Interesting Things You Might Not Know About Our Presidents
As I have bee without power the past week I am totally out of the loop when it comes to news or commenting about it. The entire world could have come to end and I would have not been informed.
But before the internet, phone and all things electric got shut off I had been doing some research about interestin and little known facts about our Presidents. The first one - ironically - has to do with what I don’t have now — electricity.
* Benjamin Harrison was the first president to have electricity in the White House. However he was terrified of being electrocuted and refused to touch the light switches.
* They might be the most powerful person in the country, but even presidents aren’t above the law. During his presidency, Franklin Pierce was arrested for allegedly running over someone with his horse.
* Richard Nixon instituted year-round daylight savings time in 1974 as an attempt to gain control of the energy crisis. However, this choice was so unpopular with citizens that it was abandoned by 1975.
* John Kennedy and Bill Clinton were not the only randy presidents. Warren G. Harding cheated on his wife with at least two women -- one of whom had a daughter from the affair.
* Andrew Jackson was fond of dueling. During his lifetime, Jackson initiated more than 100 duels with reasons ranging from personal to political.
* There were no wild parties at the White House while Rutherford B. Hayes was in power — he instituted an alcohol ban in the building. He did it mostly so that he could gain political favor with the Prohibitionists.
* John Quincy Adams enjoyed skinny dipping at Tiber Creek, which flows into the Potomac River.
* What does the “S” in Ulysses S. Grant stand for? Not a thing. The 18th president’s given name was Hiram Ulysses Grant, but that all changed when a congressman mistakenly called him “Ulysses S. Grant” in a letter of recommendation for West Point.
* To date, John F. Kennedy is the only president to be awarded a Purple Heart. He was wounded in the line of duty during World War II.
* The Secret Service may be in place to keep the president out of danger, but even the best bodyguards can’t protect POTUS from bacteria. President Zachary Taylor died of cholera four days after eating some contaminated cherries and milk at a 4th of July party.
* Lyndon Johnson was “frugal.” The engagement ring he bought for Lady Bird allegedly cost just $2.50 -- less than $50 in today’s money.
* Andrew Johnson tailored all his own suits while serving as president.
* Grover Cleveland was a president able to take a noble deed and turn it into something seriously creepy. After his law partner died, Cleveland took guardianship of his young daughter. A decade later, the president married his adoptive “daughter.”
* William McKinley was a superstitious man -- he was always seen wearing a red carnation for good luck. His luck ran out on September 6th, 1901. Moments after giving a small child the flower on his lapel, he was shot by Leon Czolgosz.
* In an iironic twist, President Abraham Lincoln approved legislation to create the Secret Service mere hours before he was shot by John Wilkes Booth. However, at the time, the agency’s original mission was to stamp out counterfeit money. They would not take on the role of protecting the president until the 1900s.
* While not mentioned in the Constitution, the Supreme Court Chief Justice typically swears in new presidents. However, after his election win, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in by his father -- who also was named Calvin Coolidge.
* There’s a legend that George Washington had false teeth made of wood. However, his set was actually made from ivory and real human teeth.
* Dwight Eisenhower loved golf. It’s estimated that he played more than 800 rounds during his eight years in office — a presidential record that still stands.
* Gerald Ford was a “hunk.” He was featured on the pages of Cosmopolitan in 1942.
* James Garfield was the first left-handed president. The others were Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
* My second favorite President — Thomas Jefferson — was right-handed, but after an injury to his right wrist, he wrote with his left hand. He was said to have been ambidextrous, and he could write equally well with either hand.
And as you all know — my all-time favorite President is the one we are so lucky to have now - Donald J. Trump. Among his many accomplishments — he is the first US president to be a TV star, the owner of many casinos and golf courses and a winery, he created the skyline of New York City with the many skyscrapers his company built there. Trump also authored 22 books (I’ve read them all) and there have been 112 books written ABOUT Donald Trump.
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COOKIE QUEEN ENTERTAINMENT
The Original Class Act has been entertaining audiences for the past 33 years. We sing. We dance. We act. We'll make you laugh and some times there will be a tear or two as well as we perform music loved by mostly older folks.
The Original Class Act is available for both daytime and evening performances. We come with our own sound system. All we need from you is an audience, a space to perform and a nearby room to change costumes.
Just like the old movie story - a group of friends got together to “put on a show” for the church fun fair way back in 1992. We presented an entire program of Cole Porter music.
The three-day gig stretched into 33 years. Everyone wants to book our group for a retirement home, nursing home, church dinner, a women’s club or lodge meeting, family gathering. We perform for political rallies and just like the late Bob Hope, we even do benefits to raise thousands of dollars for worthy causes and we often do benefit shows at the VA in Aspinwall.
The Original Class Act performs throughout the tri-state area for groups from 10 to 3,000.
The group’s extensive repertoire features more than 2,000 songs including Broadway hits, country-music tunes, religious favorites, movie themes, Disney songs, patriotic anthems, inspirational hymns, and holiday favorites for just about every holiday - Christmas, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July, Oktoberfest and Thanksgiving.
All shows are choreographed and costumed with members of the group making most of our outfits. This is a very talented bunch - at least that’s what audiences tell us after giving us rousing standing ovations.
You can book us for a date by phoning 724-339-0920 or e mail us at cookiequ@verizon.net.
Here is a list of our current programs. You may request a song list for any program:
* American Salute - Features patriotic songs, music from the Big Band era, Rock ‘n’ Roll hits from the 50s - music Americans love to hear.
* Best of Broadway - Have a favorite show tune? It’s probably in this program which features hits from dozens of Broadway shows.
* Classic Cole Porter - You’ll hum or sing along on every number. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll reminisce.
* Disney on Parade - Features songs near and dear to the young and the young at heart from all your favorite Disney movies.
* Everything’s Coming Up Flowers - In 2018 we developed this program for a show we did at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. All of the songs mention blossoms of some kind - roses, daffodils, lilies, hyacinths, crocuses. Come “Tiptoe through the Tulips” with us as we celebrate the beauty and musicality of flowers.
* In The Good Old Summertime - A joyous celebration of summer with lots of familiar tunes.
* Irish Festival of Song and Dance - featuring traditional Irish favorites and some sing-along numbers too. We have new Irish costumes this year and can't wait to show them off.
* Love Changes Everything - Love songs from movies and musicals. As Cole Porter says, “Let’s Do It.” Time for romance and some song and dance.
* Lullaby of Bird Land - all songs that mention birds ….. blue birds, robins, doves, eagles, turkeys. A great program for springtime.
* Music From the Movies - Pick a movie - pick your favorite song. It’s probably in this show. Everyone’s welcome to sing along too.
* Oktoberfest - Get out your dancing shoes & warm up your pipes for a visit to old Germany. We bring the music, you bring the beer.
* One Woman, 20 Songs - A Tour de Force - Sometimes not all of our members are available for the date you want. Never fear - one of our members will be there. Pat - recently received rave reviews for her one-woman show. She sings, dances and presents a fashion show of costumes while performing her solos from each of the group’s programs. One attendee asked her, “Are you from Broadway?” Another told her, “I’d be willing to pay to see this show in Pittsburgh.”
* O Solo Mio - A Concert of Our Favorite Solos” - Members of The Original Class Act (and sometimes a guest performer too) have chosen their favorite solos to sing for you. There are songs from movies, Broadway, holidays and some inspirational music too. Maybe one of their favorites is one of your favorites.
* Showtime Showcase - This program features two dozen of our favorite numbers from all of the shows that we have done in the past 29 years.
* Let Us Lift You Up - Traditional hymns and inspirational songs from Broadway and movies - including You Raise Me Up, El Shaddai, Scarlet Ribbons, To Where You Are, Roads, Lord of All Hopefulness, God of Our Fathers, The Lord's Prayer, O America, In God We Still Trust, All God's Creatures, Child of Peace, Hallelujah and songs from Sister Act, The Sound of Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell and The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
* December Holiday Festival - The show features traditional holiday music, some sing-alongs and lots of glitz and glamour in the many costumes changes.
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COOKIE QUEEN COOKIES
Current Cookie List As of 1/25
Amaretti $7
Amaretti (filled) $9
Apricot Delight $9
Biscotti $7 (frosted white with red/green drizzle)
vanilla
almond
lemon
anise
Brownies $15
Chocolate Chip $7
Cho Chip/Nuts $8
Chipettes $7
Cho Mac $7
Coconut Mac $7
Cowboy Cookies $8
Fudge Dusters $7
Ginger Snaps $6
Gingerbread Cutouts $7
Gobs, Cho $8
Gobs, Pkin $7
Ladylocks $9 (8 oz)
LemonTarts $9
Molasses Oatmeal $6
Molasses Raisin $9
Nutrolls $9
Oatmeal:
cho chip $6
plain $5
pecan/cc $8
apricot $8
cherry $8
raisin $6
Orange or Lemon frosted $7
PB OF $5
PB Cups $8
PB Kisses $8 (with my ganache, not Hershey Kisses)
PB Cho.Chip $8. (New this year)
Pecan Tassies $9
Pizzelles - Anise $6/18
Pizzelles - Vanilla $6/18
Pizzelles - Filled $8
Pumpkin Cho Chip $9
Pumpkin Gems $7
Snickerdoodles $8
Snowballs $9
Sugar - Ch Chip $6
Sugar - Pecan $7
Sugar- Almond (Van frost with Toasted Almonds) $8
Sugar -Trees $7 (red/green frost)
Jewish stars $7 (blue/white frost)
Thumbprints $9
Chocolate
Apricot
Lemon Cream
Raspberry Cream
Vanilla Cream (can be tinted in your colors)
Triple Cho Chews 8
Weecakes $6
I also do Buckeyes - which are candy, not cookies. $9/12 (Dark or milk cho)
For Thanksgiving:
Pumpkin/Cream Cheese Pie (must return MY pie pans)
Pumpkin Roll
Carrot Cake
Cookies. Cookies. Cookies. It’s one of the necessities when planning a wedding here in Western Pennsylvania. But not so in other parts of the country. I often deal with chefs at restaurants that hail from Southern and Western states and they ask me, “What’s with this cookie table at weddings?”
The custom is old world. European. Italian. Slovak. Cookies are expected. Back in the old country when a bride and groom would greet their guests to “collect” their gifts, they gave in exchange a small plate of cookies to take home. Many of these people who immigrated to the United States and mostly to the Eastern United States brought this custom with them.
You’ve probably wondered why little old ladies will stuff cookies in their purse before leaving a wedding reception. Now you know.
Anyway - it’s a nice custom and most area brides want cookies at their weddings. But how many should there be and what kind?
You know your guests better than I do. Are they cookie eaters or not? Are most of the guests in their 20s - these people usually are watching their weight. Are most of the guests men? Men like chocolate anything and they don’t like those dainty fussy cookies like Peaches. They want a brownie or a gob.
Are some of your guests children? They like smaller cookies - but lots of them.
Does the guest list include elderly women? They want the old-fashioned cookies like nutrolls, kolachi, pizzelles. And they want to take some home.
So - my stock answer is this: If you are having a sit-down meal and cake - then figure on a minimum of four cookies per person. Though - if you are Italian - you know in your heart it’s better to have too many than not enough, then figure on six per person. My cookies can be frozen IF there are any left over. If the cookies will be out before the appetizers are served, guests coming from the church will be hungry and will snarf down every cookie in sight and fill up and then they won’t eat the expensive meal. Try to discourage having the cookies out before dinner is served.
How many different kinds should you have? Not too too many because, when the nutrolls get raves and people start talking them up and then someone goes in search of a nutroll and there are none left - - bummer. It’s better to have fewer varieties and more of each cookie.
Here are some other questions often asked by prospective brides:
1. Do you tray cookies? Yes - but that costs extra for the trays and my time. I have spent six and seven hours traying cookies for big weddings. And you should ask at the reception hall. Some venues want to use their own trays for the cookies ... and they will charge you for this service. I prefer to tray them myself because sometimes folks who don’t know beans about cookies will put things on trays that just don’t go together.
For example, they will put anise pizzelles on a tray with other cookies. Once you put anise anything on the tray - all of the cookies taste like anise. Or they will put soft and crisp cookies together which means soon they all will be soft as the crisp ones absorb moisture from the soft ones. And then they all taste bad. And then there was the time that some dopey country club demanded that I have the cookies there on Friday morning for a Saturday evening wedding. As chance would have it, my singing group had a show at the same country club on Friday evening. Nosey as I am, I walked into the room where the wedding was to be held the following day and there were my wonderful cookies - already on uncovered trays with flies buzzing all over them.
2. Do you do “cookie favors” for the guests? Yes - and they are really nice. It’s a small box of six cookies. On the top of the box there is a pretty note thanking the guests for sharing this special day and then the name of the couple and the date of the wedding. These little boxes are usually a huge hit. One mother of the bride called me to say, “Those cookie boxes are all that people could talk about the next day at the post-wedding barbecue. Our out of town guests took them to their hotel rooms and enjoyed them late at night. Everyone raved about the cookies.” But I don’t do cookie bouquets? To get cookies to stay on a stick like that they have to be pretty darn hard. I don’t make hard tasteless cookies.
3. Do you make Peaches? No. No. Definitely no. I do not make anything that takes longer to make it than it does to eat it. Besides, have you ever seen how many of those half-eaten things get thrown out?
4. Do you make sugar cutout cookies? Yes - but only trees, stars and dog bones. My sugar cookies are so tender. If you want something with an appendage like a turkey neck or legs or arms they will break. Not doing those.
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COOKIE QUEEN CAKES
It is most important that your wedding cake taste good. You want guests leaving your reception to say, “That is the best wedding cake I have ever tasted.” That is why you have chosen THE Cookie Queen to bake the cake for your Special Day. My cakes taste really good. I do not specialize in elaborate decorations.
I specialize in making “one of a kind” cakes. I do not have a portfolio of cake photos because I simply refuse to do any cake design twice. Each cake is unique and is designed for YOU alone. If you have a photo of what you would like your cake to look like, please bring it to our initial consultation or Email it to me (cookiequ@verizon.net) prior to your consultation to save time.
Here is a selection of the most popular Cookie Queen wedding cake ideas:
1. A two-tiered “show” cake with the 10” bottom to be cut at the reception and served at the head table and the 7” top to be frozen for the First Anniversary. Undecorated double-layer sheet cakes are served to the other guests from the kitchen. This way everybody gets icing. There are no center cuts.
2. Filled cupcakes and Weecakes (mini cupcakes) are ideal because your guests can choose their favorite flavor of cake and frosting. The tiered cupcake stands are very expensive and I have found them to be unstable - so I no longer use them. If you choose cupcakes, I recommend still having a small two-tiered “show” cake to cut at the reception.
3. A selection of 9” cakes in many different flavors: You can choose the usual chocolate, vanilla, marble or anything else you might want to have: carrot, spice, chocolate-cherry, chocolate- raspberry, German chocolate, rum cream, lemon cream, pineapple cream, peanutbutter-chocolate or a choice of your own. Cakes are on display where guests can select their favorite and cut their own slice.
4. 8” cakes on each table - so the guests can serve themselves at each table. This provides dessert and eliminates the expense of table centerpieces. But - there sometimes is wasted cake with this method. However - any leftover cake can be frozen for use at a later time.
Prices: based on the batter, filling, frosting and number of servings you will need.
Floral Decoration: I will coordinate with your florist and have them design the flowers or I will work with your colors and design the flower decorations myself.
Frosting: I do butter cream or whipped cream only. If you wish a smooth rolled fondant finish, please select another baker. The fondant may look nice but tastes terrible. Also I do not use “white” chocolate. There is no such thing and “white chocolate” has a strange after-taste. (FYI: White chocolate contains no chocolate liquor. It is a mix of cocoa butter, sugar, lecithin, milk solids and vanilla. Chocolate liquor is the brown paste leftover after the cocoa butter has been extracted from the cocoa nibs.)
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COOKIE QUEEN COOKBOOKS
The Cookie Queen has published three cookbooks: “Royal Recipes From the Castle of the Cookie Queen,” “Hassle Free Holidays” and “Never Scrub Another Toilet.”
To find out more about her books go to her Amazon Author’s Page:
amazon.com/author/thecookiequeen
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COOKIE QUEEN CLASSES
Did you know that the Cookie Queen teaches cooking classes? A gift certificate for a class here at the Castle would make a great holiday gift. I offer a whole host of classes from two to make bread to how to make pie crust to how to make dinner in 15 minutes. You can also design your own class. Tell me what you want to learn and I will teach you. And you can bring a friend or two.
But not more than 5 in a class. Fees depend on what we’ll be learning and how many will be participating. You can purchase a gift certificate by messaging me at cookiequ@verizon.net.
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