Summer Crab Mold - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/4 c. milk
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
3 Tbsp. water
3/4 c. mayonnaise
2/3 c. chopped celery
1 small onion, grated
1 c. canned or frozen crab meat, chopped and cleaned
salt to taste
hot pepper sauce to taste
sesame seed crackers

Preparation

Melt butter in saucepan; whisk in flour.
Cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
Gradually whisk in milk to make white sauce.
When thickened, stir in cream cheese.
Soften gelatin in water and add to hot mixture; stir to dissolve gelatin.
Remove mixture from heat.
Stir in mayonnaise, celery, crab and onion. Add salt and hot pepper sauce to taste.
Rinse 4 to 5-cup mold with cold water.
Fill mold with crab mixture.
Chill until firm. Unmold and serve with crackers.