Secret Recipes
Happy Monday, once again, and happy March Eve! I love Mondays! They’re my 52 Chances, every year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #WomensHistoryMonth March (2022) and National Women’s History Month starts tomorrow! There are so many famous women to recognize world-wide – Amelia Earhart, Margaret […]
SPANISH BAR CAKE & FROSTING, Like Ann Page By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 52) CAKE INGREDIENTS: 20-oz can apple pie filling 4 large eggs 1 TB apple pie spice powder ¼ tsp powdered cloves 18-oz box yellow cake mix 1 cup raisins 1 […]
THIN VANILLA ICING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 100) INGREDIENTS: 2 TB milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 TB butter or margarine 10 TB firmly packed powdered sugar INSTRUCTIONS: In small bowl, briskly whip ingredients together, using fork or wire whisk, until […]
LEMON CHIFFON CAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 67) INGREDIENTS: 4-oz pkg. instant lemon pudding [powder] 18-oz box yellow cake mix 4 eggs 1 cup water 4 TB oil INSTRUCTIONS: Stir together dry ingredients. Put other 3 ingredients in blender , […]
HAM-STUFFED SWEET POTATOES, West Virginia-Style By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s The American Cookery Cookbook – written and published by Gloria Pitzer (Happy Newspaper Features, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1976, p. 39) INGREDIENTS: 4 large, sweet potatoes 2 cups fully cooked ham, chopped 1/3 cup cranberry-orange relish ¼ cup raisins 2 TB brown […]
IRISH SODA BREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 174). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: ½ cup Club Soda 1 egg 1 ½ cups biscuit mix […]
GIRL’S SCOOT PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH COOKIES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 224). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] COOKIE INGREDIENTS: 2 cups biscuit mix 2 eggs 2/3 […]
PEANUT BUTTER PIE, Like Goody-Goody’s By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 239). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Like Goody-Goody Restaurant – one of Dayton, Ohio’s popular places […]
LINDY’S-STYLE STRAWBERRY PIE As imitated by Gloria Pitzer, in her self-published cookbook, The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 29) INGREDIENTS: 1 cup sugar 3 TB cornstarch 10-oz 7-Up or lemon-lime soda 2 TB strawberry Jell-O powder 1-qt whole strawberries, hulled 9-inch baked pie shell 1 cup […]
MILWAUKEE CHEESE SOUP, Like Sanders’ 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) When I last tried this at Sanders’, where the hot fudge topping was originally made famous as an ice cream accompaniment, I was […]