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Gloria Pitzer was (for me) the original Recipe Detective. Her recipes for well-known American food such as 'Gloreo' Cookies, 'Wednesday's' Frostys & Chilli, 'Big Bucket In The Sky' Chicken, 'Dent Knee's' Cheese Soup, 'Lone John Sliver's' Battered Fish, Orange 'Judas', 'Recess' Peanut Butter cups, 'Share-A-Lee's' Carrot Cake and many other Make-alike recipes were just what I needed to get my intercontinental cuisine fix.

Many handy ingredients such as Good 'Reasons' Salad Dressing Mix, 'Eager'-Brand Milk, Kraft Creamy French Dressing (orange, not the red), and 'Geez' Whiz were also handed down in recipe form for me to emulate in a land where they weren't available.

I have found many (around 200) Make-alike recipes of hers and from other chefs via the net, but I thought we could share here some of the best.

Sooooo... What's YOUR favourite Make-alike recipe? It can be from Gloria, Todd Wilbur or any of the other Make-alike (AKA Clone) chefs out there.

Here's the recipe for making a Bisquick Make-alike for those times when you've run out and can't make it to the market (or if you're in Australia and can't get it anywhere...)

Bisquick Mix:
8 cups Flour
1 ¼ cup Nonfat Dry Milk Powder
¼ Cup Baking Powder
1 tablespoon Salt
2 cups Shortening

Combine flour, milk, baking powder, and salt in a very large bowl.
Cut in shortening until it resembles coarse cornmeal. Store in tightly closed container in a cool place.

Makes about 10 cups.

Recipe by Gloria Pitzer, The Recipe Detective