Buttery Crab Bites Recipe

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These cheesy, buttery bites from Rebecca Young of Pleasant Hill, Missouri are easy but elegant. They're great at an appetizer or just for snacking.

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Buttery Crab Bites Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

2 English muffins, split
1/2 cup crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
1/3 cup process cheese sauce
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon mayonnaise
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Paprika, optional

Directions

Toast English muffins in a toaster oven. Place muffin halves on toaster oven tray. In a small bowl, combine the crab, cheese sauce, butter, mayonnaise and garlic powder. Spread over the muffin halves. Cut each into four pieces.
Bake in toaster oven at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Sprinkle with paprika if desired. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 8 pieces (prepared with reduced-fat butter and fat-free mayonnaise) equals 337 calories, 17 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 77 mg cholesterol, 1,174 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 18 g protein.

Originally published as Buttery Crab Bites in Cooking for 2 Summer 2005, p 59