Pecan And Date Pie (Mexican)

• 18 maria cookies or 18 vanilla wafers
• 1/4 cup melted butter or 1/4 cup melted margarine
• milk, as needed
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 5 eggs
• 10 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Grind the cookies to fine crumbs
2. Combine cookies crumbs with the melted butter.
3. add a little milk to bind to cookies and butter.
4. With the cookie mixture cover the bottom and side of a 9" pie pan or 8" springform pan.
5. Place the chopped dates and pecans on the side and the bottom of the pan.
6. In a blender, blend together eggs, vanilla and sweetened milk. Blend about 2 minutes.
7. Pour egg and milk mixture over the pie.
8. Bake pie in a preheated 325 degree oven.
9. Approximately 40 minutes.
10. Allow to cool in the oven for 30 minutes after turing the oven off.

maria, butter, milk, pecans, dates, eggs, condensed milk, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pecan-and-date-pie-mexican-170697 (may not work)