Microwave Apple Cookers

Microwave Apple Cookers

I purchased this item a few months ago, as I wanted to try a quick an easy method to use up Bramley cooking apples as an alternative to making pies or stewing them. First of all, I was so pleased with the size and quality of the pair of Apple Cookers, and secondly after a couple of minutes in the microwave the apples (stuffed with raisins, sprinkled with sugar and a little knob of butter on top) were delicious. This is another firm favourite of mine, bought from Lakeland.

Microwave Apple Cookers

I actually bought these as they were the nearest thing I could find to my parents ancient mini microwave steamer, and they work brilliantly for that purpose.
They steam vegetables really well and are great for keeping sticky toffee puddings moist and gooey. Excellent when you only want a one-person-sized portion.
And yes, having used them to bake raisin stuffed apples, they are perfect for their intended purpose too.

Microwave Apple Cookers

As other reviewers have mentioned, this product does not come with any instructions at all. the corer is fairly easy to use (the smaller bit is to push the core out of the corer once you have pushed it through the apple.
With a little experimentation I have decided that some dried fruit / sugar in the middle works really well and depending on the power of the microwave and size of the apple, it can be cooked in as little as a couple of minutes.
Would be a 5 star product if instructions / sample recipes were included in the package.