Mud Hens
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs, 2 of them separated
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup brown sugar
Cream butter and sugar, add three egg yolks and one white and beat
until smooth. Add vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder and
salt and beat in butter mixture until blended. Pour into 9- by
14-inch pan and sprinkle with chopped pecans. Beat last two egg
whites and gradually add brown sugar. When stiff, spread over
batter. Bake at 325�F for 30 to 35 minutes. Cut into squares while
hot. |