Yield: 6 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
3 \N | Egg Whites |
1 cup | Sugar |
½ teaspoon | Baking Powder |
1 teaspoon | Vanilla |
20 \N | Ritz Crackers |
½ cup | Pecans; chopped -Topping--- |
\N \N | Ice Cream <Or> Fresh Fruit <Or> Whipped Cream |
Beat egg whites until very stiff; slowly add sugar, baking powder, and vanilla. Break the crackers into pieces about the size of a pea, and stir by hand into the meringue mixture. Add the pecans. Pour into a well-buttered 9" pie pan. Be sure to butter the edge and rim of the pan.
Bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Serve with ice cream or fresh fruit and whipped cream.
Serves 5 to 6
Source: "Mountain Measures" -- Junior League of Charleston, WV ed. 1974 billspa@...
Recipe by: Mrs. Thomas H. Edelblute, Jr. Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #747 by Bill Spalding <billspa@...> on Aug 19, 1997