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Cooking Guide
Breads
Crust on breads will be soft and the outsides will not brown. If
desired, sprinkle top of batter with cinnamon-sugar mixture,
chopped nuts or other topping for brown color. To increase brown
Food
Container
Coffee cakes
8-in. round or No
square dish
Corn bread
tube dish*
Muffins
Paper-1ined
(1 Muffin)
muffin cups
(2 to 4 Muffins)
(Do not use
foil liners. )
Quick breads,
Glass loaf
from a mix
dish
*If tube disb is unavailable, microwave in 8-in. round dish with drinking glass placed open-side-up in center.
Cakes and Desserts
1. Always use microwave-safe cookware.
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.
Food
Container
Baked apples
Microwave-
or pears
safe dish or
casserole
Bar cookies
8-in. square
dish
Commercial mix
8-in. round or No
( I 8 to 20 oz.)
square dish
Fluted tube
cake pan
Cupcakes—6
Paper-1ined
Pineapple upside
8-in. round
down cake
dish
color on upside-down breads, line dish before microwaving with
brown sugar-caramel mixture or savory topping, such as crushed,
canned, frencb fried onion rings.
Cover
Power Level & Time
Meal-High (7)
No
Meal-High (7)
N()
High ( 10)
No
Meal-High (7)
4.
5.
6.
Cover
Power Level & Time
Lid or
High ( 10)
plastic wrap
No
High ( 10)
High ( 10)
Meal-High (7)
No
High ( 10)
N()
N()
Comments
Place batter in greased dish.
Sprinkle cooking dish with finely chopped,
canned, french fried onions before
microwaving. Turn out of pan upside down
to serve.
Use microwave-safe muffin container or
1 to I M min.
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 muffins
as they are done, and continue cooking
remaining muffins a few seconds longer.
I I to 16 min.
Shield corners after half of cooking time.
When done, toothpick inserted in center
will come out clean. Let stand 15 minutes
before turning out of dish. Cool.
Cool cake in dish set directly on heat-proof surface or wooden
board 10 to 15 minutes before inverting.
Crust
cake for an hour to firm exterior surface.
Chiffon and Angel Food cakes are not recommended for
microwaving.
Comments
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
l/8 teaspoon cinnamon.
for
water
5 to 7 min.
Grease dish before adding batter.
Cut when cool.
2 min.
Grease dish before adding batter. Let stand
4 to 6 min.
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.
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 12 min.
When done, toothpick stuck in cake comes
out clean. Invert cake onto plate; let dish
stand over cake a few minutes.
Add 2 tablespoons
each piece of fruit.
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