Pecan and Date Pie (Mexican)

Submitted by EdandTheresa

"Posted for Zaar world tour II"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 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

directions

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.

Reviews

[A Good Thing]

This is a yummy pie and a nice change from a regular pecan pie. My husband finds most pecan pies too sweet so he found this one a pleasant surprise. Made for PAC 2008.