Secret RecipesRecipes developed & tested by Gloria Pitzer, the Recipe Detective™
CALYPSO COFFEE Like The Victoria Dining Room (Niagara Falls, Ontario) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 269). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition)]. This is an after-dinner […]
POT PIES (Like Boston Market) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret RecipesTM Bulletin© #102 – Imitations of Boston Market Dishes (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; 1998) Because the crust is unlike any pie crust I have ever used, I thought of how similar to Crescent Dinner Rolls dough it was… (No wonder they charge $4 […]
APPLE DUMPLINGS (Like Hudson’s) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes of Famous Favorites (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1990, p. 63). APPLE DUMPLINGS, the way they were once served at Hudson’s can be made by… INGREDIENTS: 1 [double crust] recipe of our “[Butter] Pie Crust” dough [See the Recipes tab] […]
PUMPKIN MUFFINS (Like Hudson’s) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret RecipesTM Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov.-Dec. 1992, p. 5). INGREDIENTS: 18-oz box Betty Crocker’s Butter Pecan cake mix or yellow cake mix _________ 1-lb can pumpkin 3 eggs 1/3 cup milk 1/3 cup oil 1 TB pumpkin pie spice _________ […]
BELGIUM WAFFLES With Cream Soda (Homemade) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 105). No matter where you order these, they are an exceptional restaurant treat. However, the little American Café, located once in Salt Lake City, seemed to have the best, according to our […]
CREAM SODA (Homemade) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 105). INGREDIENTS: 1-qt (minus ½ cupful) 1 TB vanilla extract ¼ cup light corn syrup (Karo) or use sugar-free pancake syrup for sugar-free version INSTRUCTIONS: Removing that ½ cup of Club Soda from the [bottle], […]
BUTTERMILK FRIED CHICKEN By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Sugar-Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 97). INGREDIENTS: 2 (2½- to 3-lb each) broiler-fryer chickens, cut up 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups buttermilk Cooking oil INSTRUCTIONS: Season chicken with salt and pepper. Coat with some of the flour then dip in […]
OVEN-BAKED BACON (Sandwich Filling) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Sugar-Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 74). Oven-baked bacon, to use as a sandwich filling or in other dishes, is easily prepared by… INGREDIENTS: 1-lb bacon INSTRUCTIONS: …Placing a whole pound of bacon – without separating the slices – in a […]
Stuffed Baked Potatoes, Like Golden Lion (Detroit, MI) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 134). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] When I had these at the Golden Lion (Detroit, […]
CHICKEN CUTLET SANDWICH By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 115). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 6 boneless chicken breasts Bowl of water Bowl of flour Bowl of […]