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About The Cookie Queen

HRM Pat Condelli, THE Cookie Queen, invites you to stop by The online Cookie Castle to see what her company can do to serve you.  Cookies - cakes - cookbooks - cooking classes - and entertainment are her specialties.





Cookie Queen Cookies

The Cookie Queen bakes the world’s most delicious all-natural cookies.  She will be happy to plan special cookie displays for your event.  She is known for speedy service when cookies are needed for a funeral or a sick friend.

Entertainment

The Cookie Queen also is the director, choreographer and lead soprano for The Original Class Act, a group that has been performing together since 1992.  There are 18 programs from which to choose.

About Cookie Queen Products

Cookie Queen Cookies

Cookie Queen Cookies are simply the most delicious cookies you can buy. They are made fresh daily in the spotless kitchen of the Cookie Queen's Castle in the town of New Kensington, Pa., near Pittsburgh. There are 50 varieties of Cookie Queen Cookies.  See current cookie list below.

Cookie Queen Cakes

The Cookie Queen makes wonderful-tasting cakes for any occasion .. like this cherry-infused cheesecake.  Live and silk floral bouquets are the only decorations. The Queen makes only butter cream and whipped cream frostings.  She does not make fondant icing (it tastes terrible). See list of cakes/frostings available blow.

Cookie Queen Cookbooks

The Cookie Queen has published three books:  "Royal Recipes From The castle of The Cookie Queen,"  "Hassle Free Holidays" and "Never Scrub Another Toilet."  You can order copies from the Queen at cookiequ@verizon.net or  phone Word Association Publishers 724-226-1255.

About The Original Class Act

In the beginning......

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.  They presented a program of Cole Porter music.  The 3-day gig stretched into many years and many shows as the phone never stops ringing. Everyone wants to book this group for a retirement home, church dinner, women’s club, lodge meeting, holiday party.


Upcoming Shows


Need entertainment for a special event? 

Corporate program. Church dinner. Family gathering.  Let The Original Class Act sing & dance for your guests.  We have 18 costumed and choreographed programs for just about any event you can imagine.

                                   For fee & available dates                                                                                                                                Phone:  724-339-0920 E-Mail:cookiequ@verizon.net  


About Our Cast

Pat Condelli

Owner of Cookie Queen Cookies, Cookbooks  & Entertainment, Pat is the director and lead soprano of The Original Class Act. Pat also can be booked for a one-woman show - 20 songs in one hour.  Pat enjoys spending time with her Australian Shepherd Jenni Luigina.  

Terry Shields

Vocal coach for this group of outstanding musicians, Terry is our alto and also plays the piano, organ and guitar and does solo gigs for weddings and funerals. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren. Terry is wearing one of our new St. Patrick show costumes which we made in January.

Bill Cellio

Ladies swoon when Bill holds their hands and sings directly to each special lady in the audience.  Bill is available as a wedding and funeral soloist.

A View From The Castle - News Blog

Promises Made - Promises Kept: Thank You President Trump

I wish I had $1 for every person who has said to me “overturning Roe v. Wade” will not happen in our lifetime.”


Soooo……. does this mean we all have begun our second lifetime?  No - it means that The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it abolished the  50-year-old unconstitutional ruling

This never would have happened except for President Donald Trump’s insistence on naming conservative justices to the Supreme Court.  Just one of his many “promises made, promises kept.”


Back in 2016 then candidate Donald Trump predicted during a debate that Roe V. Wade would be overturned if he were elected.  Responding to a question from moderator Chris Wallace Trump said if Roe v Wade was reversed laws on abortion would “go back to the individual states’ which was the law of the land before Roe v Wade.  When pressed further by Wallace,Trump said, “that will happen because I am putting pro-life justices on the Court,” if elected.  Trump was elected President and had the opportunity to appoint three pro-life Supremes.


And I can’t wait until tonight when President Trump makes his appearance at a rally in Mendon, Il.  The grateful crowd is going to go nuts when he takes the stage at 8 p.m.           


However — while we want to thank him, we must refrain from popping champagne corks just yet.  For those of you who do not understand what happened on Friday, let me explain:

1. This decision erases a 50-year-old ruling that had NO constitutional basis.

2. This ruling does not end abortion - it sends the decision on that issue back to the states where it belongs - according to our Constitution.

3. This ruling now makes it illegal to use tax $$$ to fund abortions.  This is the most important aspect for me. If you want to kill your baby - that is between you and your doctor, between you and God.  I have no say in the matter.  However …. if you do want to kill your baby, don’t expect me to pay for it.  


NOW -  if you are pro-life then YOU must do something to make sure that this ruling has some teeth.  President Trump cannot protect the unborn single-handedly.  We all must work hard to help elect governors and legislators who are pro-life.  If - for example - you live in Pennsylvania and vote for Josh Shapiro for governor then you are countermanding the effects of this Supreme Court decision.  Shapiro is very much in favor of murdering babies.  You must vote for Doug Mastriano who is very religious and very much pro-life.


And if you are Catholic and vote for baby killer Democrats the you cannot claim membership in our church.  You can’t be a card-carrying Catholic because you do not support the main tenant of our faith —  the sanctity life.


I don’t want to hear any more BS about “I am not a one-issue voter.”  There is only one issue. Without the right to life a dead baby does not have the right to liberty.  Without the right to life a dead baby cannot pursue happiness.


But first - before the November elections - our assignment for the weekend is to send a thank you note to President Donald Trump.  And if you did not vote for him, then you should also include an apology in that note. You can send the cards to either address:


Donald J. Trump

c/o The Trump Organization

725 Fifth Ave.

New York, NY 10022


Donald J. Trump

c/o Mar-A-Lago Club

1100 S. Ocean Blvd.

Palm Beach, FL 33480


Recipe of the Week

Mini Carrot Cakes

I had a few carrots, a handful of pistachios, a handful of almonds and just a tiny bit of yoghurt that I wanted to use.  So I made three of these mini carrot cakes.  They’re pretty good and very cute.  


Ingredients

Cake

1/4 cup nuts (any kind), finely chopped

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 tsp. vanilla 

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups shredded carrot 


Glaze

1/4 cup powdered sugar

2 Tbsps. cream cheese 

1 tsp. lemon juice

1/4 tsp. vanilla 


How To Make Them

*  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 

*  Spray or lightly grease three 16 ounce mini loaf pans.

*  Combine nuts, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl. 

*  Whisk together brown sugar, yogurt, oil, vanilla extract and eggs in another bowl. 

*  Stir the carrots into the egg mixture. 

*  Fold carrot-egg mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. 

*  Divide evenly among the prepared pans. 

*  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 22 minutes. 

*  Make glaze by combining powdered sugar, cream cheese, lemon juice and vanilla.

*  Let the cakes cool in the pans then remove them and drizzle on the glaze. 


Cookie Queen Cookies

Please note - there is a $5 charge for traying the cookies. I use only 12" trays.

Amaretti  (almond mac) $6               

* Amaretti, Filled (chocolate or lemon) $7

Apricot Delight  $7        

Cherry Delight  $7         

Biscotti $5    (frosted wedding cookies)                 

    vanilla                         

    almond                       

    lemon                            

    anise                         

Brownies  15/$7   1 1/2” X 1 1/2”  

Chocolate Chip  $5       

Cho Chip/Nuts  $6         

Chipettes   $5                

Chocolate Mac $5                   

Coconut Mac  $7 

Cowboy Cookies  $7 (cho chips, pecans, coconut, oatmeal) 

Fudge Dusters $6         

Ginger Snaps  $6 

Gingerbread Cutouts $7             

Gobs, Chocolate  $6      

Gobs, Pumpkin $6      

Ladylocks $7          

Lemon  $5                    

Lemon Tarts  $7           

Molasses Oatmeal  $6           

Molasses Raisin $6              

Miniature Nutrolls $7

Oatmeal:                     

   raisin $5

   cho chip $5              

   plain $5                    

   pecan/cc  $6            

   apricot  $6               

   cherry $6 

NEW 2021 pistachio $6                

Orange $5                 

Peanutbutter Old Fashioned $4                   

Peanutbutter Cups  $6              

Peanutbutter Cho Chips   $6                

Pecan Tassies $7       

Pizzelles - Anise  $4             

Pizzelles - Vanilla $4            

Pizzelles - Filled $6             

Pumpkin Cho Chip  $6       

Pumpkin Gems $5              

Snickerdoodles $6                 

Snowballs - Coconut  $7       

Snowballs - Pecan  $7       

Sugar - Choc. Chip $5       

Sugar - Pecan   $5       

Sugar - cutouts (Trees & Star of David only)  $7 

Gingerbread - cutouts (trees & Star of David only) $7        

Thumbprints $7

   - chocolate, raspberry, apricot, lemon filling

   - NEW Carmel Sea Salt Thumbprints         

Triple Cho Chews $6 

Wee Cakes $6 - Mini cupcakes 

Cookie Queen Cakes

For your wedding, birthday or any other special event

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. I recommend still having a small two-tiered “show” cake to cut at the reception.


3. A selection of 8” or 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 from either real or silk flowers..


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.) 


Cookie Queen Cakes


7”, 8”,  9”, 10”, 13 x 9, half sheet

Price depends on size, type of cake, frosting


Layer & Sheet Cakes

Almond Flour Cake

Angel Food Cake/ Cream Cheese Frosting,Cherries

Amaretto Apple Cake

Carrot Cake/ Cream Cheese Frosting

Chocolate Peanutbutter Cake 

Chocolate Cake/White Buttercream

Chocolate Cake/ Whipped Cream Frosting

Chocolate Cake/ Chocolate Ganache

Chocolate Raspberry Cake

German Chocolate Cake

Lemon Cream Cake/ Lemon Curd filling

Marble Cake/Chocolat filling/White Buttercream 

Rum Cream Sponge Cake/Whipped Cream

White/Yellow Cake/Caramel Frosting

White/ Yellow Cake/Chocolate Frosting

White/Yellow Cake/White Buttercream

White/Yellow Cake/Strawberry Buttercream


Cheesecakes

Almond Cheesecake

Amaretto Cheesecake

Boston Cream Pie Cheesecake

Cherry Cheesecake

Italian Ricotta Cheesecake

Lemon Curd Cheesecake

Lime Coconut Cheesecake

Margarita Cheesecake

Mexican Cheesecake

Mini Cheesecakes

Patty’s Perfect Cheesecake

Peanutbutter Cheesecake

New York Cheesecake

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Western Cheesecake


Pound Cakes/Bundt Cakes

Amaretto Apple Cake

Apple Cider Bundt Cake

Apple Loaf Cake

Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

Blueberry Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Coconut Pineapple Loaf Cake

Lemon Pound Cake

Lemon Yoghurt Bundt Cake

Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Pumpkin Roll


Frostings

Butter Cream, white

Butter Cream, chocolate

Butter Cream, lemon

Chocolate Ganache

Coffee Butter Cream

Cream Cheese

Irish Cream

Maple Cream

Peanutbutter Cream

Raspberry Cream

Rum Cream

Strawberry Cream


Cooking Classes At The Castle

 Want to learn how to make the best pie crust in the world? 


Do your homemade cookies turn out misshapen and burnt? 


Can you put a gourmet dinner on the table in less than 15 minutes? 


Interested in learning more about Italian cuisine? 


HRH Pat Condelli, The Cookie Queen, also known as "the practical Martha Stewart," teaches all the tricks of the trade in fun-filled classes at the Castle in New Kensington, Pa. 


Home Economist Pat Condelli 

 

Pat received her degree in Home Economics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has been teaching cooking, baking and home making since 1968. 


Choose one of the following classes or tell the Cookie Queen what you would like to bake or cook and she will plan a class specifically for you and your friends. 

Pat also is available for LIVE consultation on SKYPE. If you have a web cam, message Pat on the internet for a time for a live SKYPE consult on your computer. 


* Dough Re Mi - How to handle all types of doughs - yeast, phyllo, pizza, pie, biscuit. Hands on. Sampling. Take home something wonderful. 

* Hassle-Free Holidays -. Save time and your sanity with easy holiday recipes. Hands on. Sampling. Take home something scrumptious. 

* Kids Can Cook - Easy recipes. Lots of fun. Hands on. Sampling. Take home something to show your family what you made. Class limited to six children. 

* Cookies to Die For, Cry For, Lie For - Learn to make "professional-looking" cookies that taste fabulous. Men of all ages really love this class. Hands on. Sampling. Take home some goodies. 

* Yes, You CAN Make a Pie - Anyone can and I’ll teach you how. 

* Intro to Cooking for the Single Man -Basic cooking skills for guys. Prepare wonderful meals for you and your buddies. Food safety. Learn how to host a party. Hands on. Sampling. Something to take home. 

* Carry Me Back to Old Italia - Grand recipes from the North and South of Italy. Family-tested for generations. Hands on. Sampling. Something to take home. 

* Ethnic Cooking With American Flair - You’ll get a little bit of everything in this class - Italian, Greek, Polish, German, Mexican, Dutch, Indian, Chinese. Six sessions.$300. Come for dinner. We eat first. Then I’ll show you how to make it. And you can take some home for your family to taste. Class size limited to six students. 


All classes feature hands-on (not just watching me do it) experience. And everyone gets to take home something they themselves made. 


Most classes are just one 2-3-hour session. There are morning, afternoon, evening and weekend sessions available. 


Individual Classes: $40-$60 (depending on items being prepared), which includes recipes and something delicious to take home. 


To register for a class, phone the Cookie Queen at 724 339-0920 or E Mail: cookiequ@verizon.net 

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CALL TO ACTION

Stop Wearing Those Dangerous Face Masks

Mask Mandates Caused Higher COVID-19 Death Rates - Follow The Science


I did not write the following news report.  This study was reported by one of the most dependable, unbiased and intelligent ”real” journalists writing today  — Natalie Winters.


Winters  has broken many government scandal stories and will be hailed for years to come as the person who puts a stop to moronic mask mandates.


Winters wrote this week in the National Pulse and in the Citizens Free Press about  a new medical journal report analyzing fatality rates across the state of Kansas.  The study follows another recently published analysis of international data showing the same relationship between COVID-19 and masks. 


“The paper analyzed “whether mandatory mask use influenced the case fatality rate in Kansas” during the time period of August 1st, 2020 to October 15th. Kansas was used for comparison because the state allowed each of its 105 counties to decide whether or not to implement mask mandates, with 81 counties deciding against the measure.


“The most important finding from this study is that contrary to the accepted thought that fewer people are dying because infection rates are reduced by masks, this was not the case,” summarized the paper.


“Results from this study strongly suggest that mask mandates actually caused about 1.5 times the number of deaths or 50% more deaths compared to no mask mandates.”


“The study also posited a potential reason for the disparity in risk ratio (RR) for dying from COVID-19:


“A rationale for the increased RR by mandating masks is probably that virions that enter or those coughed out in droplets are retained in the face mask tissue, and after quick evaporation of the droplets, hypercondensed droplets or pure virions (virions not inside a droplet) are re-inhaled from a very short distance during inspiration.”


“Dubbed the ‘Foegen effect,”’the theory suggests that COVID-19 “virions spread (because of their smaller size) deeper into the respiratory tract.”


“They bypass the bronchi and are inhaled deep into the alveoli, where they can cause pneumonia instead of bronchitis, which would be typical of a virus infection.”


“These findings suggest that mask use might pose a yet unknown threat to the user instead of protecting them, making mask mandates a debatable epidemiologic intervention,” concludes the paper.”


Now - let’s see … who also has been saying this for the past two years??   Oh, yeah, it was ME!  I know something about how respiration works because paid attention during class in fifth grade where it was explained.  And from my seven years of medical studies to be a good paramedic I know something about the size of virion droplets and because I was a home ec major and dealt with the construction of cloth I also know something about density of various kinds of materials that were used for masks….cotton, linen, polyester, etc. etc. etc.


But you don’t need to know how a spirometer works or microns or pounds per square inch to know that face masks don’t work.  All you have to do is go outside on a very cold night wearing your mask and exhale.  Then tell me what you see.  Oh, yeah — your breath.  No kidding.  Face masks don’t work.  


You want to wear a useless diaper on your face, be my guest.  Just don’t force me to do something so stupid and ridiculous.  


Also - if you are one who did this…please take time right now to look up the word “lemming.”



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