Secret Recipes
FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 15) INGREDIENTS: 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp baking soda Pinch of salt 2 cups canned fruit cocktail, undrained 1 slightly beaten egg 1 recipe “Topping”* [included below] 1 recipe […]
Happy Monday! I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalCookbookMonth October is special, when it comes to writing about my mom, being the “Secret RecipesTM Detective”. Besides all of the food related observances, it’s also National […]
CARAMEL APPLES – Inspired by Disney’s (Los Angeles, CA) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Top Secret Recipes Al’a Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sep. 1979, p. 11). INGREDIENTS: 14-oz caramels 1 cup mini marshmallows 2 TB peanut butter 2 TB water 8 apples, on wooden skewers finely crushed pecans or peanuts (optional*) INSTRUCTIONS: […]
APPLE SQUARE PAN PIE – like Marie Calender’s Shoppe (Los Angeles, CA) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 75). I borrowed this idea, for the crumbled top crust, from my very first visit to Marie Calender’s Pie Shoppe Restaurants in the Los Angeles area […]
BOSTON CREAM PIE ALA FAST By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 8). INGREDIENTS: 18-oz box yellow cake mix 4-oz box instant vanilla pudding (prepared with ¼ cup less milk than box calls for) 1-lb container Betty Crocker Chocolate Frosting ¼ […]
SANDERS’ STYLE ANGEL FOOD CAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 40). I prefer angel cake unfrosted. Do not cut it with a knife. Tear it with one of the special implements sold for this purpose or with your fingers. It […]
PERFECT PUMPKIN PIE, From Ruby Christmas Tree Farm By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes, Revised (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; November 1978, p. 24). Ann & Warren Reuter’s cider mill and Christmas tree farm pumpkin pie, as they served it at their Ruby, MI location… INGREDIENTS: 1½ cups […]
#ThankGodItsMonday, again. Thus, #HappyMonday to all! I look forward to every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective We’re almost at the end of October. Today’s Halloween Eve (aka: Devil’s Night) and tomorrow, Halloween will be kicking off October’s farewell party. […]
Thank God Its Monday, once again; and, as such, happy Monday to everyone! I personally look forward to all Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective Along with October being, in relation to Mom, National Women’s Small Business Month, National Work […]
As usual, #ThankGodItsMonday again. Thus, #HappyMonday to all. I look forward to every Monday! They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalAppleMonth I LOVE OCTOBER! The trees are bursting with fiery colors, farmers are harvesting their crops, corn mazes have been cut for […]