[email protected] (ConnieG999) wrote:
>I have a recipe that calls for uncooked rolled oats. I have a tin of McCann's steel-cut oats. I
>know what the difference in the two is, but what I don't know is, can I replace the rolled oats in
>the recipe with the steel-cut oats?
>
>Connie
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>My mind is like a steel...um, whatchamacallit.
Had to search and found:
"Whole oat groats are oats that have had the hulls removed and have been heat treated to stabilize
enzymes which cause rancidity. Steel cut oat groats are whole oat groats that have each been cut
into two or four pieces. Whole oat flour can be produced in several granulations, but all are
produced by grinding whole oat products through hammermills or rollstands. Low bran oat flour is the
flour produced during the production of bran (any granulation). It is lower in protein and fibre
content than whole oat flour.
Crushed oats are produced by lightly grinding groats, steel cut, or flakes to produce a meal type
product. Various textures (fine and coarse as rough categories) are available. Large flake rolled
oats (#3, #4, #5, #6) are produced by rolled whole oat groats.
All large flake oats are essentially the same product, but produced at different thicknesses, which
results in a range of absorption characteristics, as well as visual differences.
The quick, baby, and instant rolled oats are all manufactured by rolling steel cut oat groats.
Different granulations of steel cut and different rolling thicknesses result in a variety of
related products. "
From:
http://www.can-oat.com/uses/uses.html
Dennis