Secret Recipes
DIME STORE-STYLE MACARONI & CHEESE, LIKE WOOLWORTH’S By Gloria Pitzer Pictured above, as seen in her self-published cookbook… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 58). Last published in the following version, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; […]
HUDSON’S MAURICE SALAD & DRESSING By Gloria Pitzer As seen in her self-published cookbook… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 16) FOR SALAD: [combine] shredded lettuce [and torn greens, lightly tossed with the dressing mix given below,] topped with matchstick pieces of baked ham, Swiss cheese, […]
BIG BOY HAMBURGER SAUCE Imitated by Gloria Pitzer As seen in her self-published cookbook… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 7) INGREDIENTS: 1 cup real mayonnaise ¼ cup bottled chili sauce ¼ cup ketchup 3 TB sugar ½ cup sweet pickle relish INSTRUCTIONS: Mix together. Store […]
HOTEL ASTOR WAFFLES [Including homemade cake flour recipe*] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 41). INGREDIENTS: 2 cups sifted cake flour* 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 3 eggs, separated 1 cup milk 4 TB melted butter ½ tsp […]
HOMEMADE CAKE FLOUR By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 41). If you don’t have cake flour, use 2 cups all-purpose flour, removing 2 TB of flour from the 2 cups and replacing it with only 1 TB cornstarch; sifting this […]
HOSTESS FILLED CUPCAKES & FUDGE FROSTING By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 53). WHEN HOSTESS CUPCAKES had a birthday in May, the Detroit News claimed that anyone with $25 for ingredients, 5 hours to kill, access to countless pots and […]
BIG BOY CHOCOLATE PIE Imitation by Gloria Pitzer First published in her Homemaker’s Newsletter (April 1976 issue). A revised [1982] version (below) was last published in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 244). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, […]
HOSTESS-STYLE BROWNIES & FUDGE ICING By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… The Original 200 Plus Recipes Book (Secret Recipes, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 14) BROWNIES INGREDIENTS: ½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 3 eggs ½ tsp vanilla 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) ¾ cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 4 TB unsweetened dry cocoa […]
[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 […]
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 […]