Secret Recipes
PEANUT BUTTER PIE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 7). INGREDIENTS: 2 boxes (3½-oz each) butterscotch pudding (NOT instant) 3 cups chocolate milk ½ cup peanut butter 9-inch baked and cooled pie shell (or crumb crust) INSTRUCTIONS: Put pudding powder and milk […]
PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (from Seize Chocolate Fudge) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 69). INGREDIENTS: ¼-lb butter or margarine 12-oz pkg peanut butter [chips or] morsels 2 eggs, well beaten 1-lb powdered sugar 4 TB peanut butter 1 tsp vanilla INSTRUCTIONS: In […]
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 The most common denominators, among all the year’s celebrations, are people and food! Pies are the most common […]
CINNAMON PEAR CUP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Dec. 1983, p. 6) INGREDIENTS: 1-lb fresh pears – peeled, cut in half, and cored 1½ cups cranberry juice 1 whole cinnamon stick, broken into 3 pieces 4 whole cloves Whipped cream (for garnish) INSTRUCTIONS: […]
MAKE-AHEAD SNACKER CRACKERS – Dill & Onion Flavors By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 104). WHEN BOB BARRY CALLS THE WORLD from Wisconsin, in a newsletter that keeps radio talk show hosts informed of interesting material to use on the air, […]
6/29/19 DEAR MEDIA FAMILY, MANY HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT! On behalf of, Gloria Pitzer, ‘The Secret Recipe Detective’ #MediaFriends It is as much a thrill for me, today, to hear somebody… request that ‘Gloria, The Secret Recipe Detective’ try to duplicate a recipe, as it was for me […]
1986 – Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4 Ingredient Recipes – was written, illustrated and published by Gloria Pitzer (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI). NO LONGER IN PRINT – this cookbook has a 120-page, 5.5″ x 8.5″ format, boasting about 470 recipe listings in its index of her radio-listeners’ favorite dishes – ones that Gloria developed and tested […]