Does rolled oats mean cooked?

Question

the recipe calls for rolled oats. does that mean i need to cook them before i put them into the mixture?

Answer 1

Rolled refers to the why they are cut. There are rolled and steel cut oats. Oatmeal is usually rolled. They should not be cooked before adding to the recipe.

Answer 2

Definition Of Rolled Oats

Answer 3

Rolled oats are oat groats that have been rolled into flat flakes under heavy rollers. The oat, like some other cereals, has a hard, inedible outer hull that must be removed before the grain can be eaten. After the hulls have been removed from the bran-covered oat grains they are called oat groats. Oat groats can be used as cereal, but since the bran layer makes the grains tough to chew and contains an enzyme that can cause the oats to go rancid, oat groats are usually steam-treated to soften them and denature the enzymes. Steel-cut oats are oat groats that have been chopped into smaller pieces and retain bits of the bran layer.

Rolled oats sold as oatmeal usually, but not always, have had the tough bran removed. They have often been lightly baked or pressure-cooked. Thick-rolled oats are large whole flakes, and thin-rolled oats are smaller, fragmented flakes. Oat flakes that have simply had the bran removed can be cooked and eaten as "old-fashioned" oatmeal, but more highly fragmented rolled oats absorb water much more easily and therefore cook faster, so they are sometimes called "quick" or "instant" oatmeal. Oatmeal can be further processed into coarse powder, which, when cooked, becomes a thick broth. Finer oatmeal powder is often used as baby food.

Answer 4

Some recipes call for regular oats. You can use them for cookies, there won't be much difference but here is a recipe if you don't want to chance it. It is the quaker oats recipe 1 cup butter 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt 3 cups oats(with this recipe you can use any kind of oats) 1 cup raisins(optional) Heat oven to 350 Beat together butter and sugars til creamy Add eggs and vanilla and beat well Add combined flour, soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well Drop by Tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, remove to wire rack.

Answer 5

Nope !

Rolled oats are just the good Old Fashioned Quaker Oats you mother probably fed you. There are store brands that are available also, you don't need to use Quaker's.

Use them straight out of the container -- into your batter.

Most recipes suggest you not use the oats with a "Quick" in their label. But they will do if that's all you have.

Answer 6

rolled oats = oatmeal = rolled oatmeal = old-fashioned oats = old-fashioned oatmeal = flaked oats = flaked oatmeal = oatflakes Notes: These are oat groats that are steamed, rolled, and flaked so that they cook quickly. They're often cooked as a breakfast cereal, added raw to granola or muesli mixes, or used to make oatmeal cookies. Regular rolled oats take about five minutes to cook. If you're in a hurry, try quick oats or instant oats. These have thinner flakes, so they cook faster. Substitutes: steel-cut oats (chewier, takes longer to cook) OR quick oats (These are less chewy, but they take less time to cook.) OR instant oats (These usually have additional flavorings. They're less chewy, but they take less time to cook.) OR triticale flakes OR rye

Answer 7

Rolled oats are commonly known as OATMEAL, you know, like Quakers?
The recipe will usually tell you if you're supposed to use the regular or quick cooking. If it doesn't, I usually opt for the quick cooking and change to the regular for the next time if I want to adjust the texture of the finished product.
If it's like, a super health food recipe, you might want to get your rolled oats from a health food store, they usually aren't as flat and cook up with more texture and 'bite'.

Answer 8

Definitely not. Rolled oats are like the non-instant quaker oats, but I have used the instant ones in recipes as a substitute and they work just fine.

Answer 9

No it means flattened oats

Answer 10

No..just use them right outta the container