Thread: "Quick" oatmeal for cookies?

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:45:47 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Can you use "Quick Cooking" oatmeal for making cookies? Scotchies, or
>whatever?
>
>The oats look a little more broken up than regular "old fashioned"
>rolled oats.

I say yes. *Not* instant- just quick.

Jim

On Jul 16, 11:53*am, Jim Elbrecht <elbre...@email.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:45:47 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
> wrote:
>
> >Can you use "Quick Cooking" oatmeal for making cookies? *Scotchies, or
> >whatever?
> I say yes. **Not* instant- just quick.
I use Quick Cooking all the time, as it's the oat flavor I want, not
just the old fashioned oats needing more "stewing" than a cookie bake
can offer.
....Picky

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1btjisdvaaosb$.[email protected]..
> Can you use "Quick Cooking" oatmeal for making cookies? Scotchies, or
> whatever?
>
> The oats look a little more broken up than regular "old fashioned"
> rolled oats.
>
> -sw


I always do.

Cheri

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:53:13 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:45:47 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Can you use "Quick Cooking" oatmeal for making cookies? Scotchies, or
>>whatever?
>>
>>The oats look a little more broken up than regular "old fashioned"
>>rolled oats.
>
> I say yes. *Not* instant- just quick.

There's a third kind? That's good, then. Because that lowers my
chances of buying the wrong kind :-)

-sw

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:14:05 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:53:13 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:45:47 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Can you use "Quick Cooking" oatmeal for making cookies? Scotchies, or
>>>whatever?
>>>
>>>The oats look a little more broken up than regular "old fashioned"
>>>rolled oats.
>>
>> I say yes. *Not* instant- just quick.
>
>There's a third kind? That's good, then. Because that lowers my
>chances of buying the wrong kind :-)

Sadly, there are *way* too many kinds. IME that *increases* the
chances for error. I wouldn't use Irish or Scottish oats of any
kind. [well-- I *would*- and I prefer them, but not when the recipe
asks for 'regular ' oats]

Then 'regular', quick, instant, toasted and untoasted. . .

Jim

Cheri wrote:

>I always do.

Same here, Cheri! I used the old-fashioned rolled oats once in cookies,
and didn't at all care for the coarse texture and chewiness, as just was
an unpleasant experience in my mouth. I always use the quick-cooking
oats in all recipes, even if they do call for the old-fashioned ones,
and always have great results. I don't even think I'd feed them to my
horse....well, if I had one! ;-)

Judy

"Judy Haffner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
> Cheri wrote:
>
>>I always do.
>
> Same here, Cheri! I used the old-fashioned rolled oats once in cookies,
> and didn't at all care for the coarse texture and chewiness, as just was
> an unpleasant experience in my mouth. I always use the quick-cooking
> oats in all recipes, even if they do call for the old-fashioned ones,
> and always have great results. I don't even think I'd feed them to my
> horse....well, if I had one! ;-)
>
> Judy
>


Yep, never had an issue with the quick oats at all.

Cheri

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> There's a third kind? That's good, then. Because that lowers my
> chances of buying the wrong kind :-)

Whole oats. Maybe 30 years ago I knew a guy who soaked whole oats in
Scotch. To someone who likes Scotch this may seem a waste of good
whiskey. I never figured the oats were worth worrying about wasting and
I never tried oats in rye, bourbon or Canadian.

Steel cut oats. We usually have a can of steel cut.

Rolled oats aka regular. At the moment we have some rolled barley and
some rolled rye. Not sure if we happen to have rolloed oats at the
moment.

Quick oats. Like rolled oats only steam heated then dried to be
partially cooked.

Instant oats. Like quick oats but also chopped into much smaller pieces
to have higher surface area to mass ratio to cook much faster. We tend
to have this type on hand in packets as my wife likes them for breakfast.

Oat flower. Okay for specialty baking but don't really fit the pattern.

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:14:17 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger wrote:

> Quick oats. Like rolled oats only steam heated then dried to be
> partially cooked.

What I read said they were just cut/rolled thinner and chopped up so
they absorb water quicker. Both rolled oats and quick cooking oats
are steamed before rolling.

And the Web never lies.

> Oat flower.

Is it really spelled "flower" or did some AOLer hijack your Usenet
account?

-sw

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1btjisdvaaosb$.[email protected]..
> Can you use "Quick Cooking" oatmeal for making cookies? Scotchies, or
> whatever?
>
> The oats look a little more broken up than regular "old fashioned"
> rolled oats.

Yes.

Sqwertz wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
>> Oat flower.
>
> Is it really spelled "flower" or did some AOLer hijack your Usenet
> account?

As I typed it I was recalling comedy movie. A tax auditor is sent to
audit a bakery. He falls in love with the baker. One day he arrives
late carrying packages. "I brought you flours".

Uhm, I'll go with the AOLer story.

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:03:58 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>>
>>> Oat flower.
>>
>> Is it really spelled "flower" or did some AOLer hijack your Usenet
>> account?
>
> As I typed it I was recalling comedy movie. A tax auditor is sent to
> audit a bakery. He falls in love with the baker. One day he arrives
> late carrying packages. "I brought you flours".

Stranger than Fiction.

ObFood: OK, so anybody got a good a TnT recipe for Oatmeal cookies
using either semi-sweet, white, and/or butterscotch morsels(*)? I
bought some dulce de leche cookies that delayed my cookie-making plans
but I decided I wanted something better than these cheapos.

(*) They were on sale for $1.77/ea, buy 2 get one free, so that's
about $1.18/bag.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
>>>> Oat flower.
>
>>> Is it really spelled "flower" or did some AOLer hijack your Usenet
>>> account?
>
>> As I typed it I was recalling comedy movie. A tax auditor is sent to
>> audit a bakery. He falls in love with the baker. One day he arrives
>> late carrying packages. "I brought you flours".
>
> Stranger than Fiction.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223/

Wonderful movie for foodies.

On 2012-07-17, Doug Freyburger <[email protected]> wrote:

> Wonderful movie for foodies.

Not if Will Ferrel makes you upchuck.

nb

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:53:36 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> Stranger than Fiction.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223/
>
> Wonderful movie for foodies.

I downloaded it earlier. That and "Being John Malkovitch" which is
another unusual movie, kinda related.

-sw