Secret Recipes
DEVILED EGGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, Sugar Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 68). INGREDIENTS: 1 dozen eggs ½ cup mayonnaise 2 TB prepared mustard 2 packets Sweet & Low (or 4 tsp sugar) Season salt (to taste) INSTRUCTIONS: Hard cook the eggs in the shells. […]
PUMPKIN BREAD & VANILLA GLAZE By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 158). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] I started to test several recipes for what truly talented […]
HAMTRAMCK PINEAPPLE BARS By Gloria Pitzer As pictured above, seen in her self-published cookbook… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 13). Also published (as seen below) in her last book… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 230). […]
SOFT PRETZELS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her last book, Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 274). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] THE SIMPLE RECIPES that I’ve told you I personally prefer, […]
BRANDIED FRUITS By Gloria Pitzer As seen in… Top Secret Recipes a la Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979, p. 9) [NOTE: This is not a difficult recipe, but it does take a couple of weeks’ time, from start to finish. Maybe that’s why Grandma only made it once a year.] INGREDIENTS: 1-lb […]
AUNT JENNY’S PUMPKIN PIE By Gloria Pitzer, Homemaker’s Newsletter (April 1976) [Also seen in her self-published cookbook, The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 5).] FILLING INGREDIENTS: 2 cans (1-lb each) pumpkin 13-oz can Pet Milk 4 large eggs, beaten 1-lb light brown sugar ¼ cup dark […]
APPLE BETTY As imitated by Gloria Pitzer, in her self-published cookbook… Top Secret Recipes a la Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979, p. 1) [This dessert is like what Stouffer’s Restaurant used to offer many decades ago.] INGREDIENTS: 1-lb can apple pie filling ¼ tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cinnamon 2 TB flour 2 […]
CHILI MIGNON, Like Chasen’s Chili By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 63)… [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] This is a favorite of my family! It’s so close […]
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, […]
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; […]