I didn't have tomato paste so I used a small can of tomato sauce and added 1/4 tsp of Cagun seasoning. It was still delicious. It seems you can't do much to hurt this recipe. I too was leary of the microwave cooking, but it worked great.

Reviewed On: Jan. 17, 2004

Yippee! This is the same as my Mother made. She passed away some time ago and I always wanted to make them. I did this year for our Family Christmas. Everyone loved them and wanted the recipe. The first batch was dry and didn't rise so I used 4 Tablespoons of baking powder on the second batch and two teaspoons of anise extract. They turned out perfect. They passed the Italian Family taste test even though I am the worst cook in the family. Thanks

Reviewed On: Dec. 27, 2002