? Rolled Oats or oatmeal
Hi:
I need to know when a recipe calls for rolled oats is that Old Fashioned Oatmeal or quick oatmeal that cooks in one minute?????? Help. Thanks |
I would like to know to.
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Don't use the instant oats that come in the tiny packets. There are two types of rolled oats in large cylindrical containers. There's the "Old Fashioned Rolled Oats" and the "Quick Oats." If it's calling for rolled oats and that's all that it says, then use the Old Fashioned Rolled Oats.
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I buy rolled oats for making oatmeal cookies because you get larger oatmeal flakes. I like to have some texture and body to my cookies. It would depend on what recipe you were doing. If it calls for rolled oats they probably mean the longer cooking ones not the instant ones.
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This reminds me of a story about DH's sister when she was learning to cook. Apparently she was making oatmeal cookies and she asked her mom, "How do you roll the oats?" I think of that every time I hear the expression rolled oats.
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Rolled Oats are Old-Fashioned Oatmeal.
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I'd use the Old Fashioned Oats and if it was too much texture for me I'd just wizz them in my food
processor a second or two. It depends on you , what you like. Oh they sound good. |
Thanks for the fast replies and Old Fashioned it is. Yippee
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I usually use the old fashioned version - for cookies, apple crisp topping, in meat loaf, eating as cereal!
I way prefer the old-fashioned oatmeal - can't stand the instant stuff anymore. One can cook an extra serving or two - and it reheats in the microwave beautifully. |
Normally its rolled, the quick or instant doesn' hold up as well.
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I only buy the cooks in one minute - not instsnt - not old fashioned and cookies, meatloaf and meat balls turns out great. Heard years ago the cools in one minute is better for us because it has more bran in it. I have bought it ever since.
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In most recipes you can switch old fashioned for the quick oats and vice-verse, but as others have said, stay away from instant. It has added ingredients that might throw your recipe out of whack. I have even used old fashioned oats in a bread machine recipe that called for quick oats, and it comes out just fine - maybe better. Another thing you can do if you have only the old fashioned oats around but want to use quick cooking oats is put them in the food processor. If you run it too long you get oat flour. Seriously, all the quick ones are is old fashioned ones that have been chopped up a bit.
Another thing about instant oatmeal is that the "real" thing - old fashioned rolled oats - will cook almost as fast in the microwave. Instructions are on the package. Use a big bowl because they boil over very easily. |
Do you know that you can microwave a single serving bowl of any kind of oatmeal? I do it nearly every morning:
3/4 c. oatmeal 3/4 c. water and about half that much more microwave for 1 minute and 20 seconds (maybe a little longer experiment with your microwave) Let sit for maybe 30 seconds to a minute. Add what ever you put in your oatmeal and it is ready to eat. |
Another option is steel cut oats...we like them a lot better.
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Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
(Post 5201258)
This reminds me of a story about DH's sister when she was learning to cook. Apparently she was making oatmeal cookies and she asked her mom, "How do you roll the oats?" I think of that every time I hear the expression rolled oats.
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Old -Fashion oats, but don't use steel cut I think that would be heavy
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