Secret RecipesHi! I'm Laura Emerich and Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Secret Recipe Detective, is my mom. This website is lovingly dedicated to her memory and legacy.
HOPELESS BROWNIE MIX By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 211). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] One of the best recipes that I ever had was for a brownie […]
LUNCHBOX BROWNIES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 207). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] This is a brownie cake recipe that makes up like a Texas-type sheet-cake, but […]
FUDGE CAKE ICING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 207). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] In a 1 ½-quart sauce pan, combine 1/3 cup whole milk (not buttermilk, […]
BAGELS, LIKE THE BAGEL FACTORY’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 31). This is one recipe not often included in the general crop of cookbooks out today. [1977] INGREDIENTS: 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp salt 1 pkg. (2/3-oz) compressed yeast […]
O’NASTY CONEY SAUCE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 66). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] THE SECRET TO A GOOD CONEY SAUCE is simple – brown and […]
STUCKEY’S PECAN PIE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 11). INGREDIENTS: 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup dark corn syrup 1/3 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup sugar 2 TB melted butter or margarine 1 cup pecan meats 1 unbaked, 9-inch […]
Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday to everyone! I personally look forward to all Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #HuntForHappinessWeek Since yesterday began the third week of January, this week is observing National Hunt for Happiness Week! […]
Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday to everyone! I personally look forward to all Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalHobbyMonth #NationalMentoringMonth January celebrates, among other things, National Hobby Month and National Mentoring Month! A very popular New […]
Happy New Year! Additionally, #TGIM – Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday to everyone! I look forward to every Monday because it’s one of my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #ThankGodItsMonday Today is so inspiring, to me because it’s National Thank […]
Thank God Its Monday again and, as usual, #HappyMonday to everyone! I personally look forward to all Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #NewYearsResolutionsWeek With the hustle and bustle of Christmas in the rearview mirror and in advance of New […]