Secret Recipes
CAKE MIX COBBLER By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Joy Of NOT Cooking – Any More Than You Have To (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1983, p. 182) INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup oil 18-oz box yellow cake mix* 2 eggs ½ cup water 20-oz can fruit pie filling* (cherry, apple, strawberry, or blueberry) *[NOTE: […]
GYPSY 48-EGG TORTE, LIKE DODGE FAMILY’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 13). INGREDIENTS*: For the cake: 48 eggs, separated 3 cups sugar 1 lb. chopped pecans 3 cups fine bread crumbs 2-oz bottle of rum extract Toppings: 2 lbs. […]
OPEN PITZER BBQ SAUCE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 76). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 cup bottled apple butter 1 cup ketchup 1 cup […]
HUNCH PDQ – BBQ SAUCE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 91). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 cup Coca-Cola 1 cup A-1 Steak Sauce […]
PECAN PIE, LIKE BIG BOY’s By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 239). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Big Boy restaurants have several good pies – this was […]
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN COFFEECAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 32). INGREDIENTS: 1 (20-oz) can pineapple chunks, in heavy syrup ¼ cup + 3 TB melted butter or margarine ½ cup brown sugar, packed 1 ½ cups sifted flour ½ cup granulated sugar […]
GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH – College Dorm-Style By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 187). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Butter both sides of 2 slices of bread. Slip […]
CREAM SOUP BASE – BASIC RECIPE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 117). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 ½ cups milk ½ cup flour 2 […]
CORNED BRIEF By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 185). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 4- to 5-lb, well-trimmed, corned beef 2 cloves garlic 1 onion, the […]
Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday to everyone! I personally look forward to all Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #BeKindToHumankindWeek This is the last full week of August, which observes (among other things)… National Be Kind to […]