and Cheese
1. Eggs
be prepared many
in the microwave oven. Always pierce whole yolks before microwaving to prevent bursting
2. Never hard cook eggs in the shell, and do not reheat in-shell hard cooked eggs. They could explode.
Cook eggs just until set. They are delicate and
toughen if overcooked.
Food
Cover
Power
& Time
Scrambled
Glass
measuring
cup or
casserole
Basic eggs
(4 maximum)
Buttered
custard cup
I
casserole
9-in.
plate
eggs)
Quiche
Microwave
(4
safe
measure and
9-in. quiche
dish
No
Meal-High (7)
Plastic wrap
Medium (5)
Casserole
High (10)
cover
High (10)
No
High (10)
Medium (5)
No
Mcd-High (7)
Mcd-High (7)
to 1 min.
per cgg
to I min.
per egg
5 to 6 min.
Boil 2 cups
water.
to
min.
per egg
Melt butter
min.
4 to 7 min.
Filling:
7 to 10 min.
Quiche:
6 to 8 min.
Place teaspoon butter per cgg in dish.
Microwave at High (10) until melted.
Scramble the eggs with the butter and I
tablespoon milk per egg. Microwave
half of total time. Stir set portions from the
outside to the center. Finish cooking. Allow
to stand 1 or 2 minutes.
Puncture membrane of yolk to prevent
bursting. Rearrange if necessary.
Heat 2 cups hot tap water 5 to 6 minutes on
High (10). Break eggs onto plate, puncture
membrane. Swirl boiling water with
eggs in gently. Cover. Remove with
slotted spoon.
Cook until partially set. Sprinkle
over
omelet. Microwave I to 1 ‘/2 minutes until
cheese is slightly melted.
Combine and microwave filling, stirring
2 minutes. Pour filling into precooked
shell. Microwave additional time shown
left.
Cheese
Fondue
dish or
Cover or
High (10)
To heat wine:
Add
flour and seasonings to hot wine
microwave
plastic wrap
4 min.
and microwave at Medium (5), whisking
fondue pot
Medium (5)
6 to 7 min.
every minute until smooth.
Breads
Crust on breads will soft and outside of
will not brown. If desired, sprinkle top of batter with cinnamon-sugar mixture. chopped
nuts or
topping
brown color. Increase brown color on upside down breads by lining dish before microwaving with brown sugar
caramel mixture.
Food
Cover
Power
& Time
Coffee cakes from
8-in. tube
No
Medium (5)
7 to 9 min.
Arrange biscuits over brown sugar-butter
refrigerated biscuits
dish*
topping before microwaving. Invert to serve.
Corn bread
9-cup
No
High (10)
7 to 9 min.
For flavorful browned topping, sprinkle
tube dish*
cooking dish with
chopped canned
French fried onions before microwaving.
Turn out of pan upside down to serve.
Paper-lined
No
Fill muffin cups 1/2 full. Use microwave
(1 muffin)
muffin cups
High (10)
‘/2
to min.
muffin container or make muffin cups by
to 4)
High (10)
to
min.
cutting down paper hot drink cups.
(5 to 6)
High (10)
2 to 2 min.
Quick breads,
Glass loaf
No
Mcd-High (7)
9 to 10 min.
Rotate 1/4 turn after half of time. When
loaf
dish
done, toothpick inserted in center will come
out
Let stand 15 minutes before
turning out of dish. Cool.
*If tube dish is unavailable, use microwave safe 8-in. round dish with drinking glass placed open-side-up in center.