Secret Recipes
[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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
BETSY ROSS’ CUSTARDY CORNBREAD (from the bi-centennial days) By Gloria Pitzer (1976) INGREDIENTS: ¾ cup white cornmeal ¼ cup flour 2 TB sugar ½ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 2/3 cups milk 1 egg, beaten 2 TB butter INSTRUCTIONS: [Pre-heat oven to 400°F.] Sift the first five ingredients, as listed, together [and set […]
WIND SHOOTER’S BAR CHEESE BY GLORIA PITZER – first printed in her self-published “National Homemaker’s Newsletter” (August 1976)* A national snack favorite… There are many derivations of this most popular Michigan specialty. The 1st recipe I developed to imitate Win Schuler’s product, required several more ingredients than I really wanted to work with. But the […]
LITTLE SEIZURE PIZZA By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 79). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] TO PREPARE THE CRUST: sprinkle 2 packages dry yeast over 2/3-cup […]
As always, happy Monday to everybody! Today is also National Penuche Fudge Day – so, happy Penuche Fudge Day and, if you can, enjoy a luscious piece somewhere; then, hashtag it on social media! #NationalPenucheFudgeDay According to Merriam-Webster.com, penuche is a fudge usually made of brown sugar, butter, cream or milk, and nuts. There’s also a great […]
1997 – Gloria Pitzer Presents The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes Book was written, illustrated and published by Gloria Pitzer (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI). NO LONGER IN PRINT – this cookbook is a collection of the first 200 recipes developed and tested by Gloria Pitzer in the early 1970s for her monthly newsletter and […]