"but it generated transactions for all of 2017 that keep popping up on the reminder screen when I open QB saying I have 27 transactions to enter now.  I do not want to enter them and can figure out no way to delete them without actually creating and then going in and deleting each one?!"

Think of Memorized Transactions as "recipes." They Don't Exist, but you told the system What to do and when and how.

You set your for Automatic = ask my permission.

So, click "Not Now = Later."

Now open the Lists menu > Memorized Transactions List. Here they are.

Right-click one to Edit the instructions, such as Reset the schedule, or change it to Do Not Remind Me, to leave it on the list for manual needs.

Or, Right-click and Delete it = remove it from here, entirely.

To use them Manually you would Double-click it to Trigger it.