MADDIE DAY here, with another recipe from Murder at Cape Costumers, which releases next Tuesday!
Mac Almeida's mother Astra makes these yummy morsels for an appetizer at family Sunday dinner. I got the recipe from my good friend Lyndsie Reynolds, and I've made it several times for parties. Lyndsie called the app "Crabbies," which is how they're referred to in the book, but I worried about titling a recipe post like that, LOL!
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Crabbies
It’s easy to double the
amounts. That way you can keep a bag of tasty bites in the freezer for a quick
appetizer for gatherings or with a glass of wine while you wait for dinner to
cook.
Ingredients
Package of
six English muffins
5 ounce jar
of Kraft Old English Cheese Spread (or 4 ounces fine-grated sharp cheddar cheese and 2 ounces softened cream cheese)
8 oz can of
lump crab meat, well drained
1 stick of
butter, room-temperature softened (doesn’t matter if it’s salted or unsalted)
1 tablespoon
of mayonnaise
1 tablespoon
of finely diced onion or shallot (I omitted this)
1 teaspoon
garlic powder (if your butter is unsalted, you can use garlic salt)
1 teaspoon
Lawry’s Seasoning or Old Bay powder
Pinch of
regular or sweet paprika
Pinch of
pepper
Pinch of
salt if there’s none otherwise, as in the butter or garlic powder
Directions
Split
English muffins in half (forking method is best to split as it leaves you with
the nooks and crannies in the muffins).
Mix all the ingredients with a fork, except the crab meat.
When combined well, fold in the crab.
Spread over the 12 halves of muffins.
Put
in freezer for about 2 hours or until hard, which makes them easy to cut.
Cut each muffin into quarters.
Put in plastic container using parchment paper to
separate layers of appetizer bites. Keep frozen until needed.
When needed,
broil frozen bites for 5-7 minutes, depending on distance from broiler. Keep an eye on them. Serve immediately.
Note: I forgot to take a photo of the crabbies I made on the white English muffins. I had extra crab mixture, and spread it on a few whole wheat English muffins, as shown in this finished appetizer picture.
Readers: What's your favorite appetizer to make or to eat elsewhere? I'll send one lucky commenter a copy of Murder at Cape Costumers!
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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and sweet cat Martin north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.
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