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Anna Rose's Creamy Crab Soup

A creamy crab soup made with jumbo lump crab meat, half 'n' half and Old Bay.

• 1 stick butter
• 1 quart half and half milk
• 2 heaping tablespoons chopped celery
• a few celery leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon white pepper (or black)
• 8 drops Tabasco sauce
• 2 tablespoons flour
• ½ cup milk
• 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
• Old Bay seasoning

Heat together first 7 ingredients. Do not boil. Mix flour with milk and stir in. Add crab meat and Old Bay to taste. Cook and stir over low heat for about 15 minutes.

This Old Bay creamy crab soup recipe yields 8 cups.