Betty's Meringue

While Preston was home this weekend he made a delicious dessert.  The recipe was shared by one of his great friends. It is a twist on Strawberry Shortcake.  Instead of a cake on the bottom it is a meringue.  At first I was skeptial but it turned out to be a wonderful dessert.  One I didn't want to stop eating!

Ingredients:

1 cup Sugar
10 single Saltine Crackers rolled into very fine crumbles
½ cup finely chopped Pecans
3 Egg Whites
½ tea Baking Powder

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.  Butter a 9 inch pie pan.  Beat egg whites and baking powder until stiff.  Gradually beat in sugar.  Fold in cracker crumbs and pecans.  Spread onto cookie sheet (or pie plate)  Bake for 30 minutes.  Pull out and let cool.  Serve with sliced strawberries (sweetened if needed) and whipped cream.  This should serve 6.