Secret RecipesRecipes developed & tested by Gloria Pitzer, the Recipe Detective™
JOHNNIE LEGA’S CHILI By Gloria Pitzer – As seen in…Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 56) ‘The Working Man’s Palace’ was the name Pearl Beach had given to Johnnie Lega’s Bar when we lived near there for nearly 12 years. It was known around the world. […]
Mrs. Meadow’s Crisp Buttery Cookies By Gloria Pitzer – As seen in her “free recipes” offerings Ingredients: 1 ¼ cups mayonnaise 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup self-rising flour 18-ounce box yellow cake mix (dry) 12-ounce bag mini chocolate chips Instructions: As listed, beat into a smooth dough. Pack dough into a measuring tablespoon […]
CHOCOLATE ALMOND BARK – Like Sanders! By Gloria Pitzer, part of her original 200 recipes collection, developed in the early-to-mid 1970s. [As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 233).] When you look at all the marvelous candies that Sanders offers, be sure to look […]
Beginagain’s Awesome Potato Cheese Soup By Gloria Pitzer, as seen on her Fall Media Free Offer sheet (2002-2004) Ingredients: 14-oz. can drained, whole potatoes (cut up) 2 cans (10-oz. each) Campbell’s Chicken Broth 10-oz. can cream of chicken soup 12-oz. tub whipped cream cheese (original) 1 TB dry minced onion 16 square saltine crackers, blender-ground […]
Mrs. Meadow’s Chocolate Chip Cookies [*with options] By Gloria Pitzer, Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Fast Food Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 86) Ingredients: 2 sticks butter (1/2 lb.) 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3 eggs 3 cups self-rising flour 12-oz. bag chocolate chips Instructions: Cream together the butter, sugars […]
No Egg Pudding Cake By Gloria Pitzer, “Cookbook Corner” (Happy Newspaper Features, Algonac, MI; 1973) Ingredients: 1 cup flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 3/4 cup sugar 2 TB unsweetened cocoa 1/2 cup milk 2 TB oil 1 cup broken walnuts 1 cup brown sugar, combined with 1/2 cup additional unsweetened cocoa 1 […]
Pepper Casserole By Gloria Pitzer, “Cookbook Corner” (Happy Newspaper Features, Algonac, MI; 1973) Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs. hamburger 1 pkg. dry onion soup mix 4 green peppers [halved, with seeds & ribs removed] 2 lbs. canned stewed tomatoes 1 cup celery, sliced thin 2 vegetable bouillon cubes, dissolved in 1 C. boiling water 2 […]
BBQ BEEF SANDWICHES, like A&W’s By Gloria Pitzer, The Copycat Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 10) Ingredients: 4 cups shredded, cooked beef roast (or round steak) 1 cup Heinz Ketchup 1 cup apple butter 1 cup Catalina dressing ¼ cup Heinz 57 sauce 2 TB Worcestershire Instructions: Combine all ingredients in […]
DREARY QUEEN FROZEN CUSTARD By Gloria Pitzer As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 257) Here is an at-home imitation of the very popular soft-serve custard ice cream product that has made many restaurant names famous [since the 1950s]! Ingredients: 3 1/8-ounce package vanilla […]
FRENCH FRIES By Gloria Pitzer As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 16) ‘NOBODY DOES IT LIKE McDONALD’s CAN’ – [was] the popular television jingle that advertised some of the best French-fried shoestring potatoes to come down the pike in a long while. The […]