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Fudge Frosting, No Smear

[No Smear] FUDGE FROSTING BY GLORIA PITZER As seen in… The Original 200 Plus Recipes Book (Secret Recipes, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 53) INGREDIENTS: ½ cup light corn syrup ½ cup buttermilk (not sour milk) ½ cup packed brown sugar ½ cup margarine (or butter) 4 squares (1-oz each) solid, unsweetened, baking chocolate ½ […]

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Sailorman’s Fried Chicken

SAILORMAN’S FRIED CHICKEN By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 96). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: DRY COATING MIX: 3 cups self-rising flour 1 cup cornstarch 3 […]

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Aunt Jenny’s 8-Inch Fudge Cake

AUNT JENNY’S 8-INCH FUDGECAKE By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 4) CAKE INGREDIENTS: 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour ½ cup water ½ cup Spry [or Crisco] (or 1 stick margarine) 2 TB dry, unsweetened cocoa 3 TB buttermilk (or sour […]

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Basket & Ribbons – Strawberry Ice Cream

BASKET & RIBBONS – STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 252). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 3 egg yolks 14-ounce can, sweetened, condensed […]

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Fried Chicken, Like Frankenmuth

FRIED CHICKEN, LIKE FRANKENMUTH BY GLORIA PITZER As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 94)… [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]* The German community of Frankenmuth, Michigan, which for decades has celebrated […]

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Griddlecakes And Syrup, Like Pancake House

GRIDDLECAKES AND SYRUP, LIKE PANCAKE HOUSE – BY GLORIA PITZER As seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; June 1977, p. 32). INGREDIENTS: 2 eggs 2½ cups buttermilk 3 TB oil ½ tsp salt ½ tsp vanilla ½ tsp baking soda 3 TB pancake syrup (*see homemade version below) […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Meant to Mentor

Happy Monday and happy February Eve! Personally, I always look forward to Mondays because they are my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalMentoringMonth It’s the last day of January. The final day for observing (among other things)… National Mentoring Month! Thankfully, mentoring can […]

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Texas Fruitcake

TEXAS FRUITCAKE BY GLORIA PITZER As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 279)… [A rewrite of her famous, self-published cookbook, Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]* Legend has it that Puddin’ Hill has the best-darn fruitcake […]

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Saturday Bread Dough & West Virginia Bread

SATURDAY BREAD DOUGH & WEST VIRGINIA BREAD Both, by Gloria Pitzer [*As seen in… Eating Out At Home Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sep. 1981, 12th Printing, p. 24).] Grandma and the five girls were up at 4 AM to begin the baking each Saturday. Here is her bread recipe in her own words […]

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My Mother’s Perfect Pie Crust

MY MOTHER’S PERFECT PIE CRUST By Gloria Pitzer *As seen in her self-published book… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1996, 12th printing; p. 73) INGREDIENTS: 2 cups flour 2 tsp sugar ½ tsp salt ¼-lb chilled butter, broken into bits 5 TB Crisco About 5 TB cold tap water (added as […]

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