Maple Cream Fluff - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (1 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
1 cup maple syrup
2 cups milk
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
32 vanilla wafers, crumbs

Preparation

in a large pan, soften gelatin in cold water.let stand 1 minutes --
cook and stir over low heat.do not boil -- until gelatin is dissolved -- about 4 minutes --
remove from the heat and slowly stir in syrup, set pan in ice water, whisk in milk, continue whisking till mixture has thickened.about 10 minutes --
remove pan from ice bath and set aside.
in a mixing bowl, beat cream till stiff peaks form.fold in 3/4 cup toasted, chopped pecans and the maple mixture --
sprinkle 1 cup wafer crumbs in 13x9 baking pan --
top with maple mixture.sprinkle with remaining pecans and wafer crumbs -- and chill for at least 6 hours or preferable overnight --
refrigerate leftovers, of course.