Stuffed Soft Crab - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 medium Maryland soft crabs, cleaned
1 lb. Maryland backfin crabmeat
1/2 c. butter or margarine

Preparation

Dry soft crabs with paper towels.
Remove all cartilage from crabmeat.
Place soft crabs in shallow baking pan.
Remove top shell from crabs and stuff each crab cavity with about 3 tablespoons crabmeat.
Replace top shell.
Melt butter and pour evenly over crabs.
Bake at 400\u00b0 until shells turn red and crabs brown slightly, about 15 minutes.
Makes 6 servings, 2 crabs each.