Pineapple Icebox Dessert - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
3 eggs, separated
1 c. chopped pecans
1 small can crushed pineapple, drained and juice reserved
3/4 lb. vanilla wafers

Preparation

Cream butter and add sugar.
Then, add egg yolks and mix well. Add stiffly beaten egg whites, pineapple and pecans; blend well. Use rolling pin to crush vanilla wafers; reserve part of them for top.
Put layer of crumbs in bottom of pan.
Add pineapple mixture and sprinkle top with remaining crumbs.
Sprinkle a little of the pineapple juice over top to moisten the crumbs.