Sterling's Seashell Sandwiches
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
35-40 seashells
ingredients
- 1 cup hot water
- 1⁄2 cup Crisco shortening
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, mixed with
- 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 -4 eggs, depending on size
directions
- Heat oven to 450°F.
- In a medium saucepan bring hot water and shortening to a boil.
- Add dry ingredients all at one time, stirring constantly.
- Continue cooking and stirring until mixture leaves the sides of the pan, add a little more flour and salt if it doesn't pull away.
- Remove from heat, cool 2 minutes.
- Add an egg, one at a time, beating vigorously after each egg until mixture is smooth again.
- On a lightly oiled foil lined baking sheet drop mixture by teaspoonfuls about 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8- 10 minutes at 450°F.
- Turn oven down to 350°F, bake for 12- 15 minutes longer, watch for too much browning.
- Remove from sheet and cool on wire racks.
- When cool, cut top partially open and fill with favourite kid filling (tuna, chicken, turkey, seafood salad).
- Serve on a bowl of crushed ice covered with tinted plastic wrap (I use blue for the ocean).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
peachez
City of Angels, California