Secret RecipesRecipes developed & tested by Gloria Pitzer, the Recipe Detective™
BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 261). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 12-ounce package butterscotch baking chips 14-ounce can Eagle Brand milk ¼ pound butter […]
HONEY BUTTER By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 100). INGREDIENTS: ¼-lb butter or margarine ½ cup honey 6 slices bacon, fried crispy & crumbled [fine]; plus, drippings INSTRUCTIONS: In 1½-qt mixing bowl, with mixer on high speed, cream butter until light and […]
Coconut-Macadamia Nut Cookies, Inspired by Mrs. Field’s By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 96). INGREDIENTS: ½-lb (2 sticks) real butter 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup packed, light brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp coconut extract ½ tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda […]
AUNT JENNY’S BROWNIES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 4). (1947 – from the popular radio program that evolved even before daytime soap operas, with ‘Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories’, sponsored by Spry’s pure vegetable shortening.) INGREDIENTS: 1 ½ cups flour […]
BEEF FEEDER TENDER BEEF ROAST (like Sign of the Beefcarver’s) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 22) INGREDIENTS: 4 pounds boneless beef shoulder pot roast INSTRUCTIONS: Place… roast, fat side up, on rack in roasting pan. Roast in 275°F oven about 3 […]
BEEF FEEDER STYLE RYE ROLLS (like Sign of the Beefcarver’s) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 22) INGREDIENTS: 2 cups white flour 2 cups rye flour 6 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 3 TB shortening 1 ½ cups milk INSTRUCTIONS: Mix […]
DENVER SANDWICH, LIKE WOOLWORTH’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 188). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] The Denver Sandwich was a lunch-hour specialty at the Woolworth’s dime store […]
BATTER-COATED CHEESE SANDWICH By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 114). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: Archer Teacher Fish Batter (Below), using beer instead of club soda ½ […]
GUACAMOLE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p.65). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 2 ripe avocados 4 teaspoons lime juice 1 large fresh tomato (seeded & chopped) 2 […]
WEDNESDAY’S FROSTED DRINK By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 cup milk ½ cup Nestlé’s quick chocolate drink powder 3 cups slightly soft […]