Pear/Peach Syrup

1 29 oz. or 2 small cans of pears or peaches
1/2 teas. cinn. sugar
In blender or with a hand blender puree fruit with all juices until smooth. Add cinn. sugar. heat in a pan and serve on pancakes, waffles, or french toast. Everyone in our family prefers this to maple syrup. (It is an excellent way to rotate your food storage!)

Eclair Cake

This is a very easy recipe don't let the instructions overwhelm you!
1 c. water
1/2 c. real butter
1/8 teas. salt
1 c. flour
4 eggs
cooking spray
3 sm. pkgs. instant vanilla pudding
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
4 c. milk
1 (12 oz. container) cool whip
Hershey's chocolate syrup
Heat oven to 400 degr. In saucepan, bring water, salt, butter to a rolling boil. Turn heat to low and stir in flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, abt. 1 min.; remove from heat. Beat in all 4 eggs at once; continue beating until smooth. Spread evenly on lightly sprayed sheet cake pan. Bake puffed and golden, 20-30 min. Cool.
As cake cools; In deep bowl combine pudding, cream cheese, and milk. Beat slow at first and then increase speed to med. high and beat 2 min. Spread over cooled "eclair". Spread Cool Whip over pudding layer and drizzle with syrup. Chill and serve

Macaroni Salad

1 pkg. sm. salad mac., cooked and drained
4 hard boiled eggs, finely diced
1 sm can sliced black olives, drained
1 c. grated cheese
1c(+) diced sweet pickles
1 tbsp. yellow mustard
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 teas. onion pow.
1/4 teas. celery salt
season salt & pepper to taste
2 parts Miracle Whip/1 part Mayonnaise
Combine all ingr. This is the best I could come up with on measurements! Most things are by taste, so you will need to taste it to fine tune. Garnish with 1 hard boiled egg sliced and a light sprinkle of paprika.

Porcupine Meatballs

1 egg, beaten
1/4 c. unreconstituted tomato soup
1 tbsp. minced onion
1 tbsp. parsley
1/2 teas. salt
1/4 c. rice
dash pepper
1 lb. lean gr. beef
Mix all ingredients together thoroughly and form 20 meatballs
In skillet combine 1 can tomato soup as well as remaining can of tomato soup, 1 c. water, 1 tbsp. worch. sauce. Drop meatballs into soup mixture. Simmer until done. Approximately 40 min. to 1 hr. 4-5 servings

Best Brownies in the World

Bring to boil in saucepan:
1 c. water
1 c. butter
5 tbsp. cocoa powder (packed tight)
In large bowl, thoroughly mix together:
2 1/2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. sour cream
1 teas. salt
1 teas. baking soda
2 eggs
As you continue beating, slowly pour in cocoa mixture until mixture is smooth.
Bake 350 deg. 20-22 min. in greased and floured jelly roll pan. Cool and frost
Frosting: 3-4 skorr bars crushed and combined with 1 (12 oz.) cool whip.

Skorr Cake

Heat:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup water
1/2 cup oil
Add:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. soda
3/4 teas. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
Bake in greased & floured 13 x 9 pan 350 deg. 20-25 min.
While cake is hot pour over all: 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk & 3/4 cup carmel sauce.
Frost with: 3-4 Skorr bars crushed and mixed with 12oz. cool whip. (If you want to know the other name for this cake contact me personally.)

Grape-Chicken Salad

2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
1 cup slivered celery
1 tbsp. lemon juice
salt & pepper to taste
Toss together then add:
1/2 cup mayo
2 cups green grapes
Serve on lettuce leaves with sliced almonds as garnish or in croissants.