The Secret to Microwave Toast

[BornInKy]

Venting seems to be the secret to get anything a little crispier. The water needs to escape, so the more the surface that is exposed the better.

All you need for toast is one of those large plastic spoons with the slots cut in them.

1: Place the spoon in the microwave cup side up.
2: Place one slice of white bread on the spoon portion
3: Cook on high for 1 minute.

When you retrieve the bread it will be crispy.

4: Butter the toast, sprinkle cinnamon on the butter, and place back in the microwave on the spoon for 10 seconds.
5: Enjoy

If you like your toast a little on the brown side, you can get it to brown on the inside by cooking it a little longer in the first step.

I guess I should mention that my microwave has a turntable and the bread is on the outer part of the turntable.


My oven has 900w output and a turn table

[jage]

Since this is one of the top Google results and the only one that clearly says "Yes you can!", I thought I'd post my results.

The bread was only soft after 1 minute, so I did a second minute and this:


In the OPs defense the bread itself seemed nice and crispy, however not relishing the flavor of plastic, I was not encouraged to actually try it.

I'm convinced some scissors and a paper plate similar to the one pictured will enable the creation of a more stable cooking platform. Until then I need to run out and buy my wife a new green bean spoon before she notices!

[Tracy]

Oh my. Thank you for attempting this and posting your results.

This was posted by a forum member, and quite honestly, I never tried it because it seems to me that using a toaster is the easiest way to make toast.

Your experience points out a very important fact: Not All Plastics Are Safe for the Microwave. Just because a utensil is made of plastic does not mean you should use it in the microwave as your experiment demonstrates. Marilyn Chase at the Wall Street Journal wrote an excellent article about this: Does Plastic in Microwave Pose Health Problems?. Another excellent article that answers questions about plastics in the microwave is Microwaving food in plastic: Dangerous or not? by Dr. Anthony Komaroff, editor in chief of the Harvard Health Letter.

I would delete this recipe, except for the fact that your experiment serves as an excellent learning experience for future readers.

[Leshalles]

I tried this. I first tested the spoon, as I do with all microwave utensils, by heating it on high for 10 seconds. If it gets very hot, I know the utensil is not safe. In this case, it was slightly warm, so I tried it for 20 seconds, and it still only got slightly warm.

I then heated a large, thick machine-sliced piece of bread, on the spoon, for 1 minute on high. It came out slightly crisp, and chewy in parts. I put on butter and heated another 10 seconds.

I wouldn't call it great toast, and it was not browned. However, it was warm and crispy and tasted much better than the uncooked bread.