Crabby Bread Recipes

"CRABBY" BREAD!

Steps:

• For the body, join 2 rolls together and press into a flat football shape. Place body on a large sprayed baking sheet.
• With the next roll, cut enough dough off to form 2 small eyes. Roll each piece into a round ball and place on front of body. To secure eyes, stick a small piece of toothpick in each ball and then stick it into the body.
• Cut the rest of the roll in half to form 2 arms. Place each arm to the side of the eyes but before the ends of the body.
• Cut another roll in half to form 2 claws. Then cut each claw off-center almost in half and place at the end of each arm, putting the small part of the claw closest to the body. Roll the last roll into a 12-inch rope. Divide rope into 6 equal lengths for the legs. Arrange 2 legs curving forward and 1 leg curving back on each side. Tuck legs slightly under the body.
• Brush crab with melted butter, cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise for 30-45 minutes, or til doubled. (I let mine rise for 1 hour, but 45 minutes would've been perfect, mine looked kinda fat, haha!).
• Brush crab with beaten egg and sprinkle lightly with paprika.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.
• Toothpick olive halves onto ends of eyes of dough. Cut-side facing outward.
• Place crab onto lettuce-lined platter.
• Place mound of your favorite crab dip between claws.
• Surround with decorative shells (or oysters on the half shell), crackers and fresh dill sprigs if desired!
• I made this for me and my hubby for a "special treat" lunch! I'm allergic to crustaceans, so we had it with my lemon-dilled tuna salad and had a ball! It was so much fun tearing off the pieces and spreading them with tuna, instead of the plain 'ol plain 'ol tuna sandwiches!
• You could make a nice seafood appetizer platter with this, too! Shrimp cocktail and fried oysters would be a great addtion! (A nice mix of hot and cold!).
• Hope ya try it! :) It's really easy! And FUN!

CHEESY CRAB BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Mix the first 6 ingredients together. Toast the bread slices in the broiler. Mound up crab spread on top of bread slices and broil until hot.

CRAB BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
• 2. Mix the cream cheese, mayo, onion, parsley, crab, salt, pepper and garlic together until it is spreadable, I used the canned - not lump crab meat, made it easier to spread.
• 3. split the loaf of bread open , spread the crab mixture on both halves of the bread, place on a lined cookie sheet.
• 4. Sprinkle the cheese over the crab mixture and bake in over for 15-20 mins until the cheese is melted brown and bubbly, allow to cool slightly to set.