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My mom had a secret recipe based off the toll house cookie recipe.  It may have been the same ingredients but my mom changed something that made them hers.  Ive never had one made like she did.
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Secret family recipes tend to be printed on packaging labels >

Yeah, Mom’s famous meatloaf recipe - back of the Quaker Oatmeal container. Her famous chicken and dumplings? Back of the Bisquick Pancake Mix box. Her famous chicken - seasoning with a dry packet of Lipton noodle soup mix. Famous salad dressing? Oil and vinegar with ranch powder mix sprinkled in. 
What a surprise I was in for as an adult when I asked her for the recipes and she told me what packets to buy! >

Moms homemade lasagna >

I believe this does happen. 
I once ate a rum cake from a woman who claimed it was “a secret family recipe,” then a few months later, I ate a rum cake made from someone else, who also claimed it wad “a secret family recipe.”
Sometimes I wonder if their was a magazine back in the day titled,”Secret Family Recipes. Shhhh… don’t tell anyone.”