Secret Recipes
BLUEBERRY OPEN-FACE PIE, LIKE POLLY PIE SHOP’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 250). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] While living in California, I was introduced to the […]
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS, PDQ By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 151). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 2 eggs 2 cups firmly packed, vanilla ice cream; melted into a […]
CAESAR SALAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 47). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] The Caesar Salad, which has been attributed to Caesar’s Palace, rather than ‘Caesar’s P-l-a-c-e’, […]
LIP BONE ONION SOUP MIX By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 19). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 7-oz beef bouillon powder ¼ cup instant tea powder ½ […]
PECAN SANDIES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, My Personal Favorites – Limited Edition (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Nov. 2000, p. 3). INGREDIENTS: 18-oz box white cake mix 2 small boxes butterscotch instant pudding powder 1 cup Bisquick 1 2/3 cups real mayonnaise 8-oz pkg chopped pecans INSTRUCTIONS: Beat each, as listed, […]
ONION RINGS, LIKE BK SERVED By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 112). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] There was a time when Burger King spent a good deal […]
MARIE CALENDAR-STYLE CORNBREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 100). INGREDIENTS: 9-oz box yellow cake mix 9-oz box corn muffin mix INSTRUCTIONS: Prepare yellow cake mix in 1½-qt bowl, exactly as box directs. Set aside. Prepare the corn muffin mix in another […]
MACKINAC ISLAND LIGHT FUDGE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 31) INGREDIENTS: 1-lb brown sugar 2 cups granulated sugar 1-lb [4 sticks] margarine or butter 1½ cups milk 1 tsp maple flavoring or vanilla Dash salt 1½ cups powdered sugar 1 […]
(STRAWBERRY) RHUBARB PIE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, Sugar-Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 6). INGREDIENTS: 3 TB flour 1 cup sugar [or sugar substitute equivalent] 1 large egg, beaten 1 cup sugar-free strawberry jam [see our homemade version on the “Recipes” tab] 2 cups rhubarb, cut […]
STRAWBERRY JAM, SUGAR-FREE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, Sugar-Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 10). INGREDIENTS: 4 TB liquid sweetener (Pillsbury’s Sweet 10) 2 cups fresh or frozen, diced rhubarb ½ cup sliced, fresh strawberries Small box (1.1-oz) sugar-free, strawberry Jell-O powder INSTRUCTIONS: Combine liquid sweetener and […]