Secret Recipes
EXOTIC CHOCOLATE CAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 197). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Quite a while ago, from a description given in a Detroit area newspaper […]
BUTTERCREAM ICING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, P. 195). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Use this recipe in assembling the “Exotic Chocolate Cake” recipe [on page 197]. But […]
OUT FRONT WALK AROUND SOUP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen on her 2002-2004 “Free Recipes” and ordering information sheet. Imitating the menu item specialty of a famous steakhouse was no simple challenge! It’s a very creamy onion soup with just a hint of nutmeg and cheese. At home, I recreate it this way… INGREDIENTS: 2 […]
FOX & HOUND’S CHEESE TORTE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 15). [Fox & Hounds was] a fashionable, pricey restaurant located, during the 1950s and 1960s, on North Woodward Avenue, near Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. INGREDIENTS: 18-oz box yellow cake mix, prepared […]
AUNT JENNY’S DATE OAT BARS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 4). INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup sugar 3 cups dates, cut up 1½ cups water 1½ cups Spry or Crisco or butter 1 tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp nutmeg 1 cup packed brown […]
DENT KNEES CHEESE SOUP (Like Denny’s) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Joy Of NOT Cooking – Any More Than You Have To (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1983, p. 71). Slightly different than Big Boy’s Canadian Cheese Soup is this creamy cheese soup – with just a bit of minced ham in […]
BEEFEATER-STYLE CHUCK ROAST By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 22). INGREDIENTS: 4-lb boneless, chuck eye roast Unseasoned, instant meat tenderizer INSTRUCTIONS: Moisten roast with water and sprinkle with meat tenderizer, following package directions. Use no salt. Pierce roast deeply with kitchen fork, […]
THE FRUITCAKE NOBODY DOESN’T LIKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen on her… 2002 Xmas Card & Free Recipes sheet Fruitcake originated in Great Britain, carried by the Crusaders, as a source of sustenance when going into battle. Well soaked in ale or rum, it never spoiled. To do likewise to our recipe, add 1 or […]
BACON CHIP DIP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 282). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 16 ounces sour cream 8 ounces cream cheese 1 teaspoon hickory salt […]
DATE NUT BREAD, LIKE DEVON GABLES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 42). INGREDIENTS: 1 cup boiling water 8-oz pkg dates, cut into large pieces 2 tsp [baking] soda 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt ½ cup chopped nuts […]