Angel pecan pie

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 Egg whites
1 cup Sugar
2 tablespoons Sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1 cup Crisp round cracker crumbs
1½ cup Pecans (chopped)
1 cup Heavy cream
¼ teaspoon Almond flavoring

Directions

Beat egg whites until foamy. Add 1 cup sugar a little at a time, beating after each addition. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Continue beating until mixture holds soft peaks. Mix cracker cumbs and 1 cup pecans. Fold into meringue mixture a little at a time. Spoon mixture into an 8" pie plate tp form a shell. Pull up mixture into peaks around edge of plate with mack of spoon. Spread evenly. Bake in a moderate oven, 350 F, for 30 minutes. Cool thoroughly on a wire cake rack. Mix cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and almond flavoring. Whip until thick and shiny. Spoon into cold pie shell.

Sprinkle remaining ½ cup chopped pecans round edge of cream. Using a sharp knife, cut like a pie.

Makes 6 - 8 servings

SOURCE: Mama's Favorite Recipes (Frances Sykes Turfitt) Shared by Nancy Coleman

Submitted By NANCY COLEMAN On 10-21-94

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