Cooking Guide

Breads

Crust on breads will be soft and the outsides will not brown. If desired, sprinkle top ot’ batter with cinnamon-sugar mixture, chopped nuts or other topping for brown color. To increfise

brown color on upside down breads, line dish before microwaving wi[h brown sugar-caramel mixture or sdvory topping, such as crushed, canned, French-fried onion rings.

Food

Container

Cover

Power Level & Time

Comments

Coffee cakes

8-in. round dish

N()

Meal-High (7)

9 to 1 I min.

Corn bread

8- to 9-in. tube

N()

Meal-High (7)

1 I to I 3 min

 

dish*

 

 

 

Muffins

Paper-1ined

No

High ( 10)

 

( I Muffin)

muffin cups

 

 

1 to I Y min.

(2 to 4 Muffins)

(Do no( use

 

 

I 10 2Y min.

(3 to 6 Muffins)

foil liners. )

 

 

2Y, to 4X

 

 

 

 

min.

Quick breads,

8- to 9-in. tube

N()

High ( I ())

9 tol 2 min.

from a mix

dish*

 

 

 

Place batter in grc~sed dish.

Sprinkle cooking dish with finely chopped, canned, French-fried onions before microwaving. Turn out of pan upside down to serve.

Use microwdve-safe mufiin container or homemade mutiin cups, made by cutting down hot drink paper cups. Some muffins mtiy be done before others. Remove muffins as they are done, and continue cooking remainin& rnufiins u few seconds longer.

When done, toothpick inserted near center will come out clean. Let stand 15 minutes before turning out of dish. Coo].

*It’ tube dish is umrvailtible, microwave in 8-in, round dish with drinking glass placed open-end-up in center.

Cakes and Desserts

1.Always usc microwave-stife cookware.

2.Before adding measured amount of batter. gretise dishes or line them with wax paper. (Do not flour. )

3.Cakes tire done when toothpick or long skewer inserted into center comes out clean.

4.Coo] cake in dish set directly on heat-proof surf;]ce or wooden board 1 () to 15 minutes before inverting.

5.Crust on cakes will be soft. If cake is to be trosted, refrigertite cake for an hour to firm exterior surface.

6.Chiffon and angel food cakes are not recommended for microwaving.

Food

Container

Cover

Power Level & Time

Comments

Baked apples or

Microwuve-stife

Lid or

High ( 10)

pears

dish or

plastic wrap

 

 

cflssero]e

 

 

Bar cookies

8-in. round

N()

High ( 10)

 

btiking dish

 

 

Commercial mix

X-in. round dish

N()

High ( 10)

I x to 20 oz.

 

 

Meal-High (7)

Cupcakes—(6)

Paper-lined

No

High ( 10)

 

cupcaker

 

 

Pineapple upside

X-in. round

No

High ( 10)

down cake

dish

 

 

2 to 4 min. per piece

I () to I 3 min.

2 min.

5 to 7 min.

3 to 4 min.

I () 10 I 2 min.

Pierce fruit or peel to prevent bursting. Core tind fill center of apple with 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teuspoon butter find l/X teaspoon cinnamon. Add 2 tablespoons water for each piece of fruit.

Grease dish before adding batter. Cut when cool.

Grease dish before adding batter. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes to cool before inverting.

When cooking several cupcakes, some will be done before others. Remove cupcakes as they are done and continue cooking the rest a few seconds longer.

When done, toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Invert coke onto plate: let dish stand over cake a few minutes.

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