Yummy Refrigerator Dessert

• 1 (7 1/2 oz.) box vanilla wafers
• 3 Tbsp. melted butter
• 3 eggs
• 3 c. confectioners sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 c. softened butter
• 1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
• No. 2 can crushed pineapple
• 1/2 pt. cream for whipping

1. Crush vanilla wafers.
2. Mix 1/2 of the crumbs with 2 tablespoons melted butter and spread in bottom of 8 or 9-inch square Pyrex dish.
3. Beat eggs until frothy and add confectioners sugar, vanilla and 1/2 cup softened butter.
4. Place egg mixture over crumbs; sprinkle 1/2 cup nuts over egg mixture.
5. Top nuts with pineapple.
6. Top pineapple with 1/2 pint stiffly beaten whipped cream.
7. Sprinkle rest of cookie crumbs over whipped cream. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours.
8. Top each serving with maraschino cherry.

vanilla wafers, butter, eggs, confectioners sugar, vanilla, butter, pecans, no, cream for whipping

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=521050 (may not work)