Secret RecipesRecipes developed & tested by Gloria Pitzer, the Recipe Detective™
IACOCCA CAKE [aka: Beer Fudge Spice Cake] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 210). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] From my ‘Ask Your Neighbor’ recipe journal, I […]
AU GRATIN POTATOES, LIKE BILL KNAPPS By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 137) INGREDIENTS: 6 medium potatoes – boiled, peeled and sliced thin (or diced) 1/4 C. diced bottled pimiento 3 TB butter 1/2 C. chopped onion 3 TB flour […]
BEER BREAD By Gloria Pitzer As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press, Jan. 2018; p. 152) Ingredients: 2 cups self-rising flour 3 tablespoons sugar 1 egg, beaten 12-ounce can Busch Light beer Instructions: Mix the flour and sugar together with a fork and set aside. Beat the […]
THE REUBEN – According to Julia Lega As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 187) The best Rubens can be ruined by the worst sauerkraut. Most of us open a can and heat it up. My good friend, Julia Lega – who’s well-loved sauerkraut […]
MEATBALLS LIKE WIN SCHULER’S (MARSHALL, MI) By Gloria Pitzer As first seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s National Homemaker’s Newsletter (Issue No. 26; February 1976) Reprinted in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 57) MEATBALLS – INGREDIENTS: 3-lbs. ground round or sirloin 2 envelopes dry, onion soup mix […]
BIG BOY-STYLE BLEU CHEESE DRESSING By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 7) INGREDIENTS: 1 ½ C. real mayonnaise 1/3 C. liquid drained from any canned green vegetable ½ C. powdered creamer (like Creamora) ½ C. non-fat, dry, milk powder 3 […]
TACO BELL MAKE-ALIKE TORTILLAS [& TACO MIXTURE]* By Gloria Pitzer, from Gloria Pitzer’s National Homemaker’s Newsletter (Issue 30, June 1976) Also seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 48) 2 C. mesa harino (corn flour) or plain, all-purpose, white flour 1 1/3 C. lukewarm water […]
BIG BATCH SCRAMBLED EGGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her column, ‘Secret Recipes From… Gloria Pitzer’ (Times Herald, Port Huron, MI; August 3, 1978) The introduction of a breakfast menu to the fast food franchise was also their idea and they probably do it better than others because of their organized food-planning concept. Try […]
KENTUCKY BISCUITS By Gloria Pitzer, as she prepared them on ABC’s “Home” show – Feb. 1988 INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 C. Bisquick 1 rounded TB sour cream 1/4 C. club soda 1/2 tsp. sugar INSTRUCTIONS: Mix together until smooth dough forms. Dip hand into just enough more Bisquick so you can kneed the dough in the […]
CREAM CHEESE BROWNIES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 18) INGREDIENTS: 4 oz. Baker’s Chocolate, Sweet German 5 TB butter (separated in half) 3 oz. cream cheese 1 C. sugar 3 eggs 1 TB flour (+ 1/2 C. additional flour) […]