Pecan Crunch Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 egg whites
1 cup sugar
20 Ritz crackers, CRUSHED
3/4 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cool Whip or whipped cream

Preparation

Thoroughly grease (with butter) a deep dish pie tin.
Beat egg whites until stiff, adding sugar small amounts at a time.
Add crushed crackers, pecans and vanilla, mising thoroughly (by hand so as to not break down the egg whites).
Pour into generously greeased 9\" deep dish pie pan.
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Top with Cool Whip when fully cool.