Secret Recipes
BUTTER PECAN BARK, LIKE SANDERS’ By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 233) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] When you look at all the marvelous candies that Sanders offers, […]
FRESH’S MILD MUSTARD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 110) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: ½ cup light vinegar ½ tsp salt ¼ cup flour 1½ tsp […]
CORN DOGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 110) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: Rounded wooden toothpicks [1-lb pkg] ballpark-type hot dogs [½ cup] water [½ cup] […]
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 […]