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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.
