Lard or vegetable shortening is commonly used as one of the ingredients in flour tortillas. This recipe uses canola oil and still produces delicious tortillas. If you’re allergic to soy products, this is an excellent substitute. Get ready to slurp it up with a nice tortilla after adding a bowl of green chile. In a gallon-sized plastic bag, keep tortillas in the refrigerator or freeze them.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 40 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 9 inch pie |
Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 20 buttery round crackers, crushed fine
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
Instructions
- 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.
Reviews
My husband loved it.
I upgraded this recipe by using organic ingredients, toasting the pecans first, scanting the sugar, and upping the vanilla to a tablespoon.. I found that using a bit of organic whipping cream with non-fat Greek yogurt counter-balanced the sugar in the recipe, and the fats in the nuts. I also like it with toasted walnuts, which add omega-3s.
This was good, a little on the too-sweet side but we also had it without the whipped topping so maybe that would have helped.
Best pie ever! Perfect amount of sweetness and is awesome with grated chocolate on top. I’ve made so many of the highest rated and most popular desserts from this site and this is the favorite! My husband had this recipe years ago but we unfortunately lost it so we were excited to find it here. I have to say it’s really surprising to me that it isn’t wildly popular. Thanks for posting a favorite! Make this pie, you’ll be happy you did!
This recipe tasted exactly like the Pecan Delight pie from Piccadilly Cafeteria that I love (and crave) so much. It was also extremely easy to make.
This is absolutely delicious, and has the added bonus of being pretty lowfat. It’s also extremely easy to make.
This is a great pie recipe for people who don’t like to make pie crusts! It is very simple to make and every one loves it!