Wyatts Cafeteria Pecan Delight Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Let egg whites come to room temperature.
• Butter a 9-inch pie pan. Mix together crackers, pecans and baking powder. Set aside.
• In large bowl, beat egg whites on low speed with electric mixer until foamy. Add cream of tarter, increase mixer speed to medium and beat until soft peaks form.
• Continue beating while gradually adding sugar to mixture. Then increase speed to high and beat, scraping sides of bowl often until stiff peaks form. Mixture will be stiff and glossy.
• Beat in vanilla. Fold in cracker-pecan mixture. Spread mixture evenly in buttered pie pan and bake on middle rack of oven for 40 minutes.
• Let pie completely on wire rack. Don't worry if pie cracks and falls a bit as it cools.
• Cover and refrigerate cooled pie until ready to serve.
• Before serving, prepare topping by whipping cream until it begins to thicken. Add powdered sugar and vanilla and continue beating until cream is thick and forms soft peaks.
• Spread sweetened whipped cream on top of cooled pie and sprinkle 1/4 cup pecans evenly over the cream.
• Leftover pie should be covered and stored in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Beat egg whites to foam.
• Add salt and cream of tartar.
• Beat to stiff peaks.
• Add vanilla extract and both sugars.
• Beat until consistency of 7 minute frosting.
• Fold in crackers and nuts.
• Grease bottom and sides of pyrex dish and add mixture to dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
• Top with Cool Whip or whipped cream when pie is completely cool, or slice and add topping on individual slices when serving.

Steps:

• Beat egg whites until slightly stiff. Add sugar, vanilla, baking powder, Ritz crackers and pecans. Mix well, and pour into greased 9 inch pie plate.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes exactly.
• Allow pie to cool to room temperature, and then cover with nondairy whipped topping. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Whip sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, flour, vanilla, salt, and hot water until smooth.
• Stir in eggs; add canned milk.
• Mix well and pour into unbaked pie shell.
• Top with pecans and coconut.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes (center will be a little fudgy).
• Cool before cutting.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Bake 1/3 cup pecans and Ritz crackers for 5 minutes. You want to lightly roast the nuts and crackers. Watch them carefully so they do not burn. The crackers and nuts should be a light golden in color. Remove from oven when golden and place on paper towel until cool. Add vanilla and cream of tarter to egg whites and beat until stiff. Slowly add sugar and continue to beat egg whites until very stiff, peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Fold in 1/3 cup pecans and Ritz crackers. Place in a 10" pie pan that has been lightly sprayed with a non stick baking spray. Spread the meringue to the sides and cover the bottom of pan. The meringue will be about 1" - 1 1/8" thick layer in the pie pan. Hollow out a little hole in the middle of the bottom of the meringue the size of half a dime, this will help with a even baking of the shell. If you have any meringue left make little nest bake the same manner and fill with leftover pudding or fruits. Place in a preheated oven at 275 degrees for 1 hour. Check shell, the meringue should not scorch, it will turn light tan in color. Turn oven off and let shell dry in the oven for another hour. Remove shell and cool. When shell is cool place the whipped topping in the shell and sprinkle with 1/4 cup broken pecans. Place in refrigerator to completely chill before serving. When ready to serve, you may drizzle caramel topping over the pie or by the slice. Meringue's will whip fluffier and be fuller when prepared at low humidity.