Joan’s Scalloped Oysters

Description

This has been a Thanksgiving and Christmas family favorite for years. It’s included in both of our family cookbooks and now the third generation (my 26 year old Navy boy, contributing to his first Thanksgiving away, wanted the ‘dummy’ version) is fixing it.

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups saltine cracker crumbs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 pint extra small oysters
• ½ cup clam juice, or as needed
• ¾ cup heavy cream
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 8