Mile-Hi Ice Cream Pie (Grandma Morgan)

Crust:

1 1/3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs  

1/3 cup melted butter   

3 TBS. powdered sugar

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Filling:

1 quart vanilla ice cream

1- 10 oz. pkg. frozen strawberries (partially thawed and sweetened with sugar)

Meringue:

3 egg whites stiffly beaten

6 TBS. sugar

Mix all crust ingredients and pat into buttered 9” pie plate.  Allow to chill 20 minutes.  Soften ice cream.  Layer with berries in crust.  Freeze.  Just before serving make meringue.

Meringue:  Beat egg whites until frothy.  Add sugar gradually.  Continue beating well until stiff.  Add on top of pie prior to serving.  Brown under the broiler.