CRAB CANAPES

Makes: 24

8 ounces flaked crabmeat
2 ounces shredded Swiss cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon chopped chives
2 drops Tabasco sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg whites
12 biscuits (recipe below)

Preheat oven at 450 degrees.
Combine crabmeat with cheese, mayonnaise, chives, Tabasco sauce, and salt. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into crab mixture.
Split biscuits in half. Top each half with a teaspoonful of crabmeat mixture. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes until golden brown.

BISCUITS
makes: 24 1 1/2-inch round

2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup. Level off. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Using fork or pastry blender, cut shortening into flour until mixture takes the consistency of coarse meal. Add milk; stir with fork until mixture leaves sides of bowl and forms a soft moist dough.
On floured surface, toss lightly until no longer sticky. Roll out 1 1/2-inch thick; cut with 2-inch floured cutter.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on rack.