#3865 - Baked Crab Cakes

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. French's yellow mustard
1/8 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
2 tsp. Old Bay
1 TBSP mayo
2 TBSP butter (melted)
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
3/4 cup Egg Beaters
1lb. lump crab meat

In a bowl add bread crumbs, baking powder, parsley, mustard, black pepper and Old Bay--stir well. In a separate bowl add mayo, melted butter, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and Egg Beaters--stir to mix. Add the lump crab meat to the egg mixture--mix carefully. Add bread crumb mixture to crab mixture--mix carefully with your hands. Shape the crab mixture into 8-12 crab cakes. Place them on a foil lined cookie sheet. Cover them with Saran wrap and refrigerate them for 3 hours. When ready, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees, remove/discard the Saran wrap and place the cookie sheet in the oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, then flip all of the crab cakes and continue baking 20-25 minutes longer or until hot and browned.