Gah! Overslept...

[mousme]

I was going to try my hand at granola bars today, thinking I had all the ingredients, and wouldn't that make a great snack for climbing a mountain? Except, looking through my pantry, I have no oats, and I am not sure about using oatmeal as a substitute -I'm worried about texture and consistency, and today doesn't seem right for experimentation.

Comments

[threnodythefop]

Sometimes substitution can create something wonderful. Case in point, once my mother decided to make peanut butter cookies, and then discovered that we had no peanut butter. in a fit of....momness, as i choose to think of it, my mother being a rather high-strung woman...she chucked some granola in the bowl and, weeping, put the resulting cookie dough in the oven. "Annoyed Cookies" were a favorite at bake sales and potlucks for years thereafter.

[owldaughter]

I love this with much love.

[palmir]

Oatmeal (traditional, not quick or instant) can be made into granola, which can then be used for GORP. Probably also granola bars, but I haven't tried this.

[toughlovemuse]

Oatmeal /= Oats?

What's the difference?

[meallanmouse]

Any health food store or natural food store in town should have oats, actually.

[taxlady]

And, the difference in price between organic oats and the regular stuff is small enough to make it definitely worth going for the organic stuff.

[owldaughter]

If you're talking instant oatmeal, gack no, that won't work. If you're talking a bag of 'quick' oats that cook within about five minutes to make porridge, those can be used with no problem. And meallanmouse is right, any grocer will have plain oats. They're usually in the cereal aisle, though someone might shelve them around the flour, too, I suppose.

[ai731]

Yep. Seconded. Just about any modern recipe definitely means "quick oats" when it calls for "oats" or "oatmeal". If They really wanted you to use oat groats, they would say so!