Butternut Brownie Pie

This is a dreamy pie for you to try if you love fluffiness, graham crackers, and pecans!

It's a Luby's recipe...do you have one near you? It is a cafeteria style restaurant that guarantees "Good food from good people." Luby's was a family favorite each Sunday after church, a place to choose your absolute favorite dish and relax around a large white cloth covered table. The atmosphere was homey and warm with a touch of class. As you walked in the doors, the wonderful aromas were mouth watering. You could pick and choose whatever you wanted...my favorites were always the desserts. This recipe is tried, true...and scrumptious!

You'll need:

4 extra large egg whites at room temperature
1/8 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
14 graham crackers squares, broken into 1/2 inch pieces
1 cup pecan pieces
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 tsp vanilla
chopped pecans

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease 9 inch pie plate.
2. In large mixing bowl, beat egg whites and baking powder until soft peaks form. Add cream of tartar, beating constantly. Add 1 cup of the sugar, a tablespoon at a time, beating constantly until stiff peaks form. Using rubber scraper, fold in graham crackers and pecan pieces. Spoon into pie plate.
3. Bake 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire cooling rack.
4. In chilled small bowl using chilled beaters, beat cream just until it begins to thicken. Add remaining 1/4 cup sugar and vanilla, and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Do not overbeat. Top pie with whipped cream. Sprinkle with pecans and refrigerate until served.

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Coffee Pot Wassail

I wanted to share with you a recipe for wonderful tasting and welcoming wassail. It is a recipe from my grandmother. She made it in a 35 cup percolator coffee pot:

In the basket of the coffee pot, place:
1 8oz package cinnmon red hots
3 cinnamon sticks
24 whole cloves
1/2 cup sugar

In the pot:
1 gallon apple cider
1/2 gallon cranapple juice

Plug in the coffee pot and let it perk, as if making coffee.

My percolator is smaller so I half this recipe. It's wonderful and  fills my home with a wonderful aroma. Enjoy!