French Strawberry Pudding
["1 (12 oz.) box vanilla wafers", "1/2 c. butter or margarine", "1 1/2 c. powdered sugar", "1 tsp. vanilla extract", "2 eggs", "1 c. whipping cream or 1 (2 oz.) envelope whipped topping mix, prepared", "1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen, sweetened strawberries, thawed", "1 c. chopped pecans"]
["Crumble wafers into fine crumbs.", "Put half the crumbs in bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan."]
["vanilla wafers", "butter", "powdered sugar", "vanilla extract", "eggs", "whipping cream", "strawberries", "pecans"]