Spencer’s Crab Cakes

As soon as I can eat shellfish again, this will be at the top of my list!  Pretty sure I won’t be making 25 cakes, so I’ll try to scale it down and re-post with the results… after November.

Ingredients

7 eggs
6 oz heavy cream
2 tablespoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
8 dashes Tabasco
1 [...]

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cucumber cups

I totally stole this from FamilyFun.com, but how cute!  And I can think of so many variations.

 

6 medium cucumbers

1 (8-ounce) container red pepper hummus

1(8-ounce) container lemon hummus

Chopped chives for garnish

1. Create decorative stripes on the sides of the cucumbers using a vegetable peeler (for wide stripes) or a citrus zester (for thin stripes).  The picture [...]

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cheese (cup)cakes

These are cute little treats.  Top with a cherry or sweetened raspberry for a festive look.
3 – 8 oz pkg cream cheese
5 eggs
1 1/8 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
*Blend cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth.  Add eggs.  Mix.  Fill mini cupcake pans.  Bake 300 for 30 minutes.
*Cool in pans on racks.  Centers will sink as [...]

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spiced cranberry dip

I haven’t tried this, but thought it looked perfect for the Holidays!
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup canned whole berry cranberry sauce
1/4 cup orange marmalade
1/8 tsp ground red pepper (cayenne)
1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
*Spread cream cheese onto bottom of 9″ pie plate
*Mix cranberry, marmalade, & red pepper.  Spoon over cream cheese
*Sprinkle with almonds
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fancy apple pinwheel

2 Granny Smith apples, sliced

2 Tbsp.  chopped pecans, (option: toasted) 

2 Tbsp. Gorgonzola  or Bleu Cheese

1/2 cup Italian Dressing Mix, prepared with balsalmic vinegar
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from Kraftfoods.com
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