Secret Recipes
FRENCH BREAD & CORNSTARCH GLAZE (PLUS FLOUR EQUIVALENTS) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Top Secret Recipes a la Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979, p. 23) FLOUR BY EQUIVALENTS: White Flour, 1-lb = 4 cups sifted Cake Flour, 1-lb = 4½ cups sifted Whole Wheat, 1-lb = 3½ cups sifted INGREDIENTS: 1¼ […]
ROUGH ALL’S WITHOUT RIDGES & CHIP COATINGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 5) ABOUT ONCE A WEEK for over a year, I worked with the homemade potato chip recipe, using every possible idea I could find in other cookbooks […]
RUM SAUCE TOPPING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Knock-Off Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Nov 1996, p. 19) INGREDIENTS: 1¼ cup apple juice 1 cup tea (hot or cold) 4 TB butter or margarine 2 TB cornstarch 1 tsp apple pie spice 2-oz dark or light rum ½ tsp molasses INSTRUCTIONS: Bring 1 […]
Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday to everyone! Welcome to #MemoriesOfMyMom! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalWomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensWeek #InternationalWomensDay As I wrote last week, since 1987, March observes and celebrates National Women’s History Month – to honor women and their endeavors in making the world a better place for ALL women – regardless of their age, race, […]
Peanut Butter (Sugar-Free) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Sugar-Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 47) INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup peanut oil 3 cups dry roasted peanuts, shelled and skinned INSTRUCTIONS: Place peanut oil in blender. Add peanuts and blend, with on/off [agitation], on high speed about 2 or 3 minutes. Stop […]
Pillsbury-Style Hot Rolls Mix (with Dinner Rolls & Sticky Buns – options) 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. 134) LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING about the Hot Roll Mix that may save you some time […]
Aunt Jenny’s Blackberry [or Cherry or Strawberry] Tart – aka: “Tuckaway Roll” By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 5) INGREDIENTS: 2 cups flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 TB sugar 4 TB solid Crisco 6-oz milk 1 pint […]
COFFEE CREAM PIE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 238) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] There was a very Victorian ‘flavored’ restaurant in Randolph, Vermont that once served […]
Greenfield’s-Style Blueberry Upside-Down Cake By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 13) INGREDIENTS: ½ cup butter 1-qt fresh blueberries* 1-lb powdered sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup flour 1½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup milk […]
SAUCEPAN PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 212) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Decades ago, when the Mills Bakery truck came through the neighborhood, and […]