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[derien]

Oh, I forgot! I got myself some steel-cut oats, the type that take a half hour of simmering to cook. I got them because I wanted to make cookies or scones or something nice, lumpy, foodlike and baked (but not overly sweet) to munch on with tea. But, the only recipe I've found thus far was on the back of another steel cut oats package which claimed you could cook their product in only five minutes, yet gave no explanation as to how this was possible. If those oats cook in five minutes, though, I'm not sure I could use exactly the same recipe for the ones which take a half hour. Possibly I could, but just leave them soaking overnight in the fridge? Anyhow, I didn't buy that package, I bought the half-hour type. Which were much more expensive. Mainly, I suppose, I bought them because they had the lovely tin. I figured even if I didn't buy more oats to refill the tin, I'd like to use it for something else.

Anyway, my point being: Share with me your recipes for baked goods made with steel cut oats!

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[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of steel cut oats. I suppose we call them something else. When I worked in the health food shop we had two types of oats and they were jumbo and baby. I like flapjacks though, but I suppose they probably fall into the "too sweet" category.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Weird. Well, they're also called irish oats, so they might be the only type you normally see...? The standard here is rolled oats - almost paper-thin oval flakes. Possibly the baby oats cook faster?

And I've never heard of flapjacks made with oats, so I'd love to have that recipe. :)

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

A quick google has revealed that we call them pinhead oats, and we did used to have them in the shop too, but I had forgotten, moreover they are not the type of oats you make flapjacks out of! Good luck with those things!

[derien.livejournal.com]

Ah! IC. :)