Best Crab Cakes

Name: Best Crab Cakes
Ingredients: 1 stick butter; 2 bunches of scallions (including green); .75 cups heavy cream; 2 tsp dry mustard; Generous pinch cayenne pepper; 2 lbs jumbo lump crab meat; 2 eggs, beaten; 2 cups fresh white bread crumbs; Vegetable oil

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Ingredients

1 stick butter
2 bunches of scallions (including green)
.75 cups heavy cream
2 tsp dry mustard
Generous pinch cayenne pepper
2 lbs jumbo lump crab meat
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups fresh white bread crumbs
Vegetable oil

Directions

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