Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  3                     egg whites
  1                cup  sugar
  2        tablespoons  sugar
  2          teaspoons  vanilla
  1                cup  crisp round cracker crumbs
  1 1/2           cups  pecans -- (chopped)
  1                cup  heavy cream
     1/4      teaspoon  almond flavoring

Preparation:

Beat egg whites until foamy. Add 1 cup sugar a little at a time, beating after each addition. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Continue beating until mixture holds soft peaks. Mix cracker cumbs and 1 cup pecans. Fold into meringue mixture a little at a time. Spoon mixture into an 8" pie plate tp form a shell. Pull up mixture into peaks around edge of plate with mack of spoon. Spread evenly. Bake in a moderate oven, 350 F, for 30 minutes. Cool thoroughly on a wire cake rack. Mix cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and almond flavoring. Whip until thick and shiny. Spoon into cold pie shell. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup chopped pecans round edge of cream. Using a sharp knife, cut like a pie.

Nutritional Information:

474 Calories (kcal); 33g Total Fat; (60% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 44g Carbohydrate; 54mg Cholesterol; 43mg Sodium