Chocolate Eclair Cake

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Chocolate Eclair Cake
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
4 large eggs
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 large box (5.1 ounces) vanilla instant pudding
3 cups milk
1 8 oz. container cool whip (you won’t use the whole container) or one batch of homemade whipped cream
chocolate syrup or homemade chocolate sauce

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400. Lightly grease a 9″X13″ glass baking pan.
Eclair Crust: In a medium saucepan, melt butter in water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in flour. Mix in one egg at a time, mixing completely before adding another egg. Spread mixture into pan, covering the bottom and sides evenly. *If the sides of your pan are too greased you won’t be able to get the mixture to stay up the sides so make sure to just lightly grease.
Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown (Mine only took 25 minutes.) You may want to check it occasionally-you don’t want to overcook the crust, it will ruin the cake! Remove from oven and let cool (don’t touch or push bubbles down).
Filling: Whip cream cheese in a medium bowl. In separate bowl make vanilla pudding. Make sure pudding is thick before mixing in with cream cheese. Slowly add pudding to cream cheese, mixing until there are no lumps. Let cool in fridge.When the crust is completely cooled, pour filling in. Top with layer of cool whip however thick you want it and serve with chocolate syrup. *If you want to make this even better use homemade whipped cream.
http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2009/06/chocolate-eclair-cake.html

Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats

1/2 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 c milk

Bring above to a boil stirring often, boil two minutes then add, while stirring vigorously, 10 large marshmallows (or 1/2 cup reg size marshmallows) and 1/4 c - 1/2 c peanut butter (depending on your desired cookie taste)

Remove from heat and add:
6 cups Rice Crispies
2 teaspoons vanilla
Stir until all Rice Crispies are evenly covered with chocolate

Spread into a 9x13 pan and chill
Cut into bars and serve

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White Bread and Peanut Butter Fudge

My mother in law's delicious bread recipe...

She added a change-- 1 1/2 cups of warm water is better for this recipe.

Make in the bread machine using the "Dough Cycle." Bake in the oven in loaf pans.


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Peanut Butter Fudge--
That Darse nearly ate herself silly on...

Easy Potato Soup

5 lb potatoes cubed
2 32 oz carton chicken stock
32 oz (use empty carton) of water
1/2 c butter/marg
1 cup each celery, carrots, onions chopped
Put all in a 2 gallon cooker, cook until veggies are tender

Add:
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp of *fluid/juice from minced garlic jar
Salt/Pepper

Reduce heat:
3-4 cups milk, depending on thickness desired
2 cartons cream cheese cut in to cubes-- stir until dissolved

Optional:
Purée in blender for freezer meal, place in gallon bags, label, date, freeze

Consider: addition of cream of celery and cheese soup

White Chip Tart

 My sweet friend Kelsey sent this recipe, hoping to try it out soon...

http://m.hersheys.com/recipes/recipe-details.aspx?utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=Redirect-&ID=3433

Quesadillas...Shhh... they are healthy;)

I have been making these for several years. I love delicious recipes that don't strap the wallet or increase waistlines!

Quesadillas...Shhh... they are healthy;)

• 1/2 rotisserie chicken (remove skin) or sim. amount shredded chicken
• 2 large onions sliced
• 1 large zucchini diced
• 2 T olive oil
• Add olive oil to pan. When oil is heated, sauté onions and zucchini in olive oil
• Add chicken
• Sprinkle with 1 t sugar
• Remove from heat
• Add 2 T jarred garlic, 1 T paprika and cumin,
• 1 t minced onion and onion powder,
• Add sprinkle of cayenne pepper

• Then add--
• One can each-- black bean, corn (rinse drain both), and one can rotel
• Foil line cookie sheet, place 1/3 c mixture on whole wheat tortilla (I usually make eight at a time on an 11x17 pan), sprinkle with cheddar cheese, fold over, spray top of tortillas with Pam. Place under broiler until browned and crispy. Flip to opposite side of tortilla, spray with Pam, place back under the broiler.
• Guessing this would make 20 quesadillas, planning to freeze two batches in the freezer:)

Slimmed Down Guacamole

• 4 ripe avocados mashed
• 1 small onion finely diced
• 1 can rotel
• 1/3-1/2 c plain or greek yogurt
• 2 tsp lime juice
• 1 t jarred garlic
• 1/3 c diced cilantro
• Salt to taste
• Mix all. Devour:)

Taco Mix

2 lbs cooked hamburger

1 14 oz can each of corn, tomato sauce, and refried beans

1/3c taco seasoning (1-2 packets)
2 tsp each chili powder, onion powder, garlic, minced onion, paprika

1/2 tsp cumin

Mix all and simmer.
Can broil topped with cheese in oven

Serve on tacos, over nachos, top potato skins, or use as filling for Mexican pizzas. Add traditional mexican style toppings

To freeze: cool mixture, place in ziplock freezer bags, press flat. Date and label. Thaw in refrigerator or microwave.