24-Hour Dessert - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. vanilla wafers
1/2 c. butter (only)
1 1/2 c. confectioners sugar, sifted
3 whole eggs, unbeaten
1/2 c. crushed pineapple, drained (almost squeezed)
1 c. whipped cream

Preparation

Crush wafers; put 1/2 in bottom of 9 x 13-inch pan.
Cream butter and sugar well.
Add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition.
Pour mixture over crumbs in pan.
Fold pineapple into whipped cream and spread over mixture in pan.
Top with other 1/2 of crumbs.
Chill for at least 24 hours.
Cut into squares. Serve with whipped cream and a cherry, if desired.