ZUCCHINI BREAD, INSPIRED BY BILL KNAPP’S - Secret Recipes (2024)

ZUCCHINI BREAD, INSPIRED BY BILL KNAPP’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Knock-Off Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Nov 1996, p. 35) INGREDIENTS: 9-oz box yellow cake mix 1 small box (4-serving size) instant vanilla pudding powder 1 cup grated, unpeeled zucchini ¼ cup oil 2 eggs 1 cup broken walnuts ½ cup orange […]

SPANISH PECAN COOKIES, LIKE NEIMAN MARCUS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 220) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Neiman Marcus, Sanger Harris and Skaggs-Albertson (Dallas, TX), once had […]

PET COOKIES, HOMEMADE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 44) INGREDIENTS: [about 1/2 cup] ice water 2 cups cut-up, leftover, cooked chicken 2 jars strained beef baby food 1½ cups wheatgerm INSTRUCTIONS: Put chicken through blender to a puree, with enough […]

DOG BISCUITS, HOMEMADE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 44) INGREDIENTS: 1 envelope dry yeast ½ cup warm water ½ tsp sugar 10-oz can chicken or beef broth, warmed 3½ cups flour 1 cup rye flour 1 cup whole wheat flour […]

CAT FOOD, HOMEMADE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 44) INGREDIENTS: 3½ cups flour 1 cup corn meal 4 cups corn flakes, [crushed] in fine crumbs 1 TB salt 7-oz can tuna fish packed in oil 1 can Underwood Liverwurst spread […]

BUTTER PECAN BARK, LIKE SANDERS’ By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 233) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] When you look at all the marvelous candies that Sanders offers, […]

FRESH’S MILD MUSTARD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 110) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: ½ cup light vinegar ½ tsp salt ¼ cup flour 1½ tsp […]

CORN DOGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 110) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: Rounded wooden toothpicks [1-lb pkg] ballpark-type hot dogs [½ cup] water [½ cup] […]

FRENCH BREAD & CORNSTARCH GLAZE (PLUS FLOUR EQUIVALENTS) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Top Secret Recipes a la Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979, p. 23) FLOUR BY EQUIVALENTS: White Flour, 1-lb = 4 cups sifted Cake Flour, 1-lb = 4½ cups sifted Whole Wheat, 1-lb = 3½ cups sifted INGREDIENTS: 1¼ […]

ROUGH ALL’S WITHOUT RIDGES & CHIP COATINGS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 5) ABOUT ONCE A WEEK for over a year, I worked with the homemade potato chip recipe, using every possible idea I could find in other cookbooks […]