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Breads
Crust on breads will be soft and the outsides will not brown. If desired, sprinkle top of batter with
color on
Food | Container Cover | Power Level & Time | Comments |
Coffee cakes | 8 in. round or No | |
| square dish |
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Corn bread | 8 to Y in. | No |
| tube dish* |
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Mu ffIns | No | |
(1 Muffin) | muffin cups |
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(2 to 4 Muffins) | (Do not use |
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(3 to 6 Muffins) | foil liners.) |
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Quick breads, | Glass loaf | No |
from a mix | dish |
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*lf tube dish is unavailable, microwave in 8 in.
8 to 10 min. | Place batter in greased dish. | |
Y to 11 min. | Sprinkle cooking dish with finely | |
|
| chopped, canned, french fried onions |
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| before microwaving. Turn out of pan |
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| upside down to serve. |
High (10) | 1 to I X min. | Use |
| homemade muffin cups, made by cutting | |
| I to 2 min. | down hot drink paper cups. Some muffins |
| 2 to 4 min. | may be done before others. Remove |
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| muffins as they are done, and continue |
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| cooking remaining muffins a few |
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| seconds longer. |
11 to 16 min. | Shield corners after half of cooking | |
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| time. When done, toothpick inserted in |
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| center will come out clean. Let stand 15 |
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| minutes before turning out of dish. Cool. |
round dish with drinking glass placed
Cakes and Desserts
1.Always use
2.Before adding measured amount of batter, grease dishes or line them with wax paper. (Do not flour.)
3.Cakes are done when toothpick or long skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
4.Cool cake in dish set directly on
5.Crust on cakes will be soft. If cake is to be frosted, refrigerate 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 | Microwave- | Lid or | High (10) |
or pears | safe dish or | plastic wrap |
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| casserole |
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Bar cookies | 8 in. square | No | High ( 10) |
| dish |
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Commercial mix | 8 in. round or | No | High ( 10) |
(18 to 20 OZ.) | square dish |
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| Fluted tube | No | High ( 10) |
| cake pan |
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| No | High ( 10) | |
| cupcaker |
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Pineapple upside | 8 in. round | No | High (10) |
down cake | dish |
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2 to 4 min. | Pierce fruit or peel to prevent bursting. |
per piece | Core and fill center of apple with |
| 2 tablespoons sugar, I teaspoon butter |
| and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon. Add |
| 2 tablespoons water for each piece |
| of fruit. |
5 to 7 min. | Grease dish before adding batter. |
| Cut when cool. |
2 min. | Grease dish before adding batter. |
4 to 6 min. | Let stand 5 to 10 minutes to cool |
| before inverting. |
I I to I 3 min. | Let tube cake stand 15 to 20 minutes to |
| cool, before inverting |
2fi to 3 min. | When cooking several cupcakes, some |
| will be done before others. Remove |
| cupcakes as they are done and continue |
| cooking remaining cupcakes a few |
| seconds longer. |
10 to I 2 min. | When done, toothpick stuck in cake |
| comes out clean. Invert cake onto plate; |
| let dish stand over cake a few minutes. |
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