Secret RecipesRecipes developed & tested by Gloria Pitzer, the Recipe Detective™
FAMOUS NAMELESS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES – with Turtle Sundae Cookies alternative My original version had a dozen ingredients. Look at how I shortened it! Still, the results are identical! An interesting note on the popularity of these cookies… A few years ago, [around 1980], I received a letter from Dr. Joyce Brothers, in which this […]
Recess Peanut Butter Cups By Gloria Pitzer, from Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; May 1982, p. 294). The development of this recipe grew from a request made by a local group of parents whose children followed the Feingold diet to arrest hyperactivity. It became one of my most popular recipes […]
Butter Pie Crust, Like Baker’s Square By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; July-Aug. 1991, Issue #151; p. 7) INGREDIENTS: 1 stick butter (NOT margarine) 1 TB sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 C all purpose flour INSTRUCTIONS: Prepare a 10-inch Pyrex pie plate […]
Big Bucket in the Sky! Fried Chicken THIS RECIPE was created on-the-spot when I discovered that my usual ingredients and…most familiar utensils were not ready…to use on The Donahue Show (… July 7, 1981) …I had to adlib the experience, calling upon every possible thing I could remember about good cooking. It was luck! And […]
This make-alike version of Long John Silver’s popular fast food product appears on page 111 in “Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective” [published by Balboa Press (January 2018, 1st Printing) – a rewrite by Laura Emerich, of “Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook” (self-published by Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes, May 1983; 3rd Printing)], asking […]
Gloreos – The Oreo-Style Sandwich Cookies When the Washington (DC) Post once interviewed the Nabisco people to ask how they felt about a Michigan housewife, claiming she could imitate their famous chocolate sandwich cookie at home, they were very insistent that it was impossible! Well, I felt if Hydroxy could come close, so could I […]
A1-Style Steak Sauce – by Gloria Pitzer INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup Dark Molasses 2 Green Onions (chopped) 3 TB Kosher Salt (coarse) 3 TB Dry Mustard 1 tsp Paprika 1/4 tsp Cayenne 1 clove Garlic (crushed — or, 1 tsp Garlic Powder) 1 Anchovy Filet (chopped — or, 1 TB Anchovy Paste) 6 TB Tamarind (Fresh […]
Sanders-Style Hot Fudge Sauce (Recipe No. 1) By Gloria Pitzer, from Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; May 1982) [aka: Recipe #1] Ingredients: 14 oz. Eagle Brand Milk (can) 14 oz. Karo Syrup (light) 12 oz. Nestles Milk Chocolate Chips (not the semi-sweet) 1/4 lbs. Butter Instructions: Combine ingredients in top […]
Sara Lee’s-style Carrot Square Cake By Gloria Pitzer, from her cookbook, Secret Fast-Food Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 94) Cake Ingredients: 2 Eggs 1 tsp Vanilla 6 oz. Oil 1 tsp Salt 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder 2 tsp Cinnamon 1 cup Sugar 1 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour 1 cup Carrots, […]
Schlotzsky’s-Style Sandwich Rolls By Gloria Pitzer, Secret Restaurant Recipes (Secret Recipes, Marysville, MI; May 2001, p. 56) Ingredients: 1/2 cup Warm Water 1 TB Granulated Sugar 1 package Rapid Rise Dry Yeast 6 oz. Milk (very warm ) 1/2 tsp Salt 1/4 TB Baking Soda (softened in 1 TB water) 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour […]