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Eastern Shore Crab Imperial
  • 1-1 ½ cup Bread Crumbs (preferably hand-crumbled)
  • 6-7 tbsp. butter/margarine
  • 2 tbsp. flour
  • ¾ cup Carnation Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • ¼-1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning (depending on desired taste)
  • Dash of salt and pepper
  • 1 lb. Crab Meat (preferably Jumbo Lump or Backfin Lump)
  • 1 tsp. mustard
  • 2 tbsp. mayonnaise
Melt 1-2 tbsp. butter/margarine and soak bread crumbs. Set aside.

Melt 5 tbsp. butter/margarine in sauce pan. Add flour and stir. Add Carnation Sweetened Condensed (canned) Milk and all seasonings (Old Bay, salt & pepper), continue stirring until thickened. Mix together crab meat, mustard, and mayonnaise. Fold sauce into crab mixture and pour into a greased 9 x 9-inch glass baking dish. Top with bread crumb mixture and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Makes 9 3x3-inch servings OR 6 3x4.5-inch servings (in my house!)
Recipe provided by Kim Dwyer - Glidden, WI
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