Soda Cracker Pie

Name: Soda Cracker Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 egg whites, room temperature; 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 cup sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 20 saltines, crushed; 1 cup chopped walnuts; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 pinch salt; WHIPPED CREAM:; 2 cups heavy whipping cream; 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Total Time Prep: 20 min. + standing Bake: 35 min. + chilling

Yield 6 servings

Test Kitchen Approved

This vintage dessert combines crunchy saltine crackers, fluffy meringue and walnuts for a sweet-and-salty soda cracker pie that's surprisingly simple to make—and impossible to forget.

Ingredients

3 egg whites, room temperature
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
20 saltines, crushed
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
WHIPPED CREAM:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 325°. Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
With clean beaters, beat egg whites and cream of tartar on medium speed until soft peaks form.
In a small bowl, combine sugar and baking powder. Gradually add sugar mixture to egg whites, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high after each addition until sugar is dissolved. Continue beating until stiff glossy peaks form. Fold crushed saltines, walnuts and vanilla into batter.
Pour batter into a greased 9-in. pie plate. Bake until top is browned and puffed, 35-38 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
In a large bowl, beat cream, confectioners sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Spread over cooled pie. Refrigerate 5 hours or overnight before serving.