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OVERNIGHT DESSERT Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
30 vanilla wafers, crushed
¼ lb. butter or oleo
¾ c sugar
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
1 small can crushed pineapple
2 t lemon jello
1 c chopped pecans
Directions:
Directions:
Crush vanilla wafers and line a pan with ½ of the crumbs. Cream butter or oleo with sugar. Add two beaten egg yolks. Drain crushed pineapple juice into small sauce pan. Heat the juice. Dissolve lemon jello in the juice. Cool. When thick like syrup, add butter, sugar and egg mixture. Then add drained pineapple and chopped pecans. Beat egg whites and fold into mixture. Put in wafer-lined pan. Top with other half of vanilla wafer crumbs. Refrigerate overnight.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe is from Marian's Green Recipe Box. Miriam Loo and her husband, Orin founder a card and stationary company that later became Current, Inc. Many times orders from Current arrived with recipes from Miriam printed on Current recipe cards. This recipe is from one of those cards. Miriam wrote or was responsible for the creation of over 30 cook books including her first, "Miriam B. Loo's Family Favorites Cookbook." Current, inc. is still in business, but no longer owned by the Loo family.

 

 

 

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