Secret Recipes
CHOCOLATE ALMOND BARK – Like Sanders! By Gloria Pitzer, part of her original 200 recipes collection, developed in the early-to-mid 1970s. [As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 233).] When you look at all the marvelous candies that Sanders offers, be sure to look […]
Beginagain’s Awesome Potato Cheese Soup By Gloria Pitzer, as seen on her Fall Media Free Offer sheet (2002-2004) Ingredients: 14-oz. can drained, whole potatoes (cut up) 2 cans (10-oz. each) Campbell’s Chicken Broth 10-oz. can cream of chicken soup 12-oz. tub whipped cream cheese (original) 1 TB dry minced onion 16 square saltine crackers, blender-ground […]
Mrs. Meadow’s Chocolate Chip Cookies [*with options] By Gloria Pitzer, Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Fast Food Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 86) Ingredients: 2 sticks butter (1/2 lb.) 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3 eggs 3 cups self-rising flour 12-oz. bag chocolate chips Instructions: Cream together the butter, sugars […]
No Egg Pudding Cake By Gloria Pitzer, “Cookbook Corner” (Happy Newspaper Features, Algonac, MI; 1973) Ingredients: 1 cup flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 cup sugar 2 TB unsweetened cocoa 1/2 cup milk 2 TB oil 1 cup broken walnuts 1 cup brown sugar, combined with 1/2 cup additional unsweetened cocoa 1 […]
Pepper Casserole By Gloria Pitzer, “Cookbook Corner” (Happy Newspaper Features, Algonac, MI; 1973) Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs. hamburger 1 pkg. dry onion soup mix 4 green peppers [halved, with seeds & ribs removed] 2 lbs. canned stewed tomatoes 1 cup celery, sliced thin 2 vegetable bouillon cubes, dissolved in 1 C. boiling water 2 […]