Oat Groats?

[gavinart]

Any recipes for soaked ot groats? Thanks in advance!

[rawpriestess]

Rawkinlocs cinnamon rolls use oat groats, although I didn't soak mine, I don't like that sour soaked grain taste.http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13622&highlight=cinnamon+rolls

[gavinart]

They have been soaked overnight -- maybe I can salvage them before they sprout. I don't like that sour taste either -- had them alittle when I made the cannoli's.

Thanks for the idea!

[RAWKIN]

I made Alissa's Turtles over the weekend, dehydrated them (which would have worked better in the freezer because they were supposed to get hard), and left them in there for 24 hours. I forgot about them the next day (Mother's Day) and didn't put them into my fridge til that night. Does anyone know how long things like that last in the fridge? Should I just throw them in the freezer? thanks in advance! :confused:

[Rawkinlocs]

Yeah, the cinnamon rolls don't use soaked groats unless you were to soak and then dehydrate them.

But here are a few things...I made these oatmeal cookies and I soaked the groats the first couple of times I made them:

Juliano's Oatmeal Cookies from the book "RAW - the uncook book"

2 cups oat groats
3/4 cup dates
1/2 cup dried raisins
1/2 cup raw almonds coursley chopped
2 or 3 apples grated
1/2 cup raw cashews

Place oat groats in a food processor and grind until fine. If you dont have a food processor, use a blender and add a little maple syrup to help the dough turn over (I tried it, the blender will do it dry just fine). Transfer the groats to a mixing bowl and add the dates, raisins, almonds and apples and mix the batter well. Set aside. In a coffee grinder grind the chashews until they resemble a silky flour. On a mesh dehydrator sheet shape the batter. Keep in mind that the thicker you shape the cookies the longer they take to dehydrate. Dehydrate the cookies at 90 degrees until they reach your preferred texture, around 12 hours. They dont need to be crunchy all the way though.

(My notes: The recipe doesn't call for soaking the groats, but I found that if you either soak them overnight OR grind them really well in a coffee grinder, Vitamix, etc. that they are easier on the teeth! Oat groats can be kinda hard to bite into, like other grains if not soaked or ground up first! Now that I have the grain flaker, I just roll them into rolled oats now when I make oatmeal cookies! Also, when I make these cookies, I add cinnamon and vanilla and a dash or two of sea salt to make them even more like "real" cookies...but they're good the original way too. I also substitute the almonds for chopped walnuts because I've always liked walnuts in cookies rather than almonds. Pecans would probably be really good too!)

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Raw oatmeal/porridge

Soak oat groats overnight, then in the morning, drain them, add a little water, some chopped apple, raisins (sometimes), sea salt to taste (a few dashes or so) and cinnamon and agave (or other sweetener) to taste.

Pulse chop in blender until desired consistency.

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Posted by Sweetlips..."Fried Rice"

1 cup of oat groats - covered with 1 cup of water -
2 tbs olive oil
11/2 tsp sesame oil
1 garlic clove chopped
1/2tsp grated or powder ginger
2 scallions chopped -more if you are an onion lover
1/4 red bell pepper
1/4 green bell pepper
1/8cup grated carrot
1/4 cup mushrooms
1/4 cup bean sprouts
nama shoya to your taste

1. Let the oat groats soak until all water is absorded.
2. Blend the olive oil, sesame oil and garlic clove together and let it sit as you soak the oat groats
3. Mix all of the veggies and the oil together and let it mellow - taste for self, and then add your nama shoya as you adjust it.

[gavinart]

[QUOTE=Rawkinlocs]Yeah, the cinnamon rolls don't use soaked groats unless you were to soak and then dehydrate them.

Meaning the whole desssert or just the groats?

[Rawkinlocs]

[QUOTE=Rawkinlocs]Yeah, the cinnamon rolls don't use soaked groats unless you were to soak and then dehydrate them.

Meaning the whole desssert or just the groats?

The groats. Now, perhaps using the soaked groats might work if you have something that will really break it all up for you like a Vitamix or a homoginizing juicer or something...then I could see you making a dough with soaked groats and the other ingredients...maybe using less liquid. But if you only have a food processor to use, then the groats may not break down completely enough.

[exurb]

gavinart, maybe you already know this, but a very easy way to use oat groats is to just put them dry and raw from the bag into a coffee grinder, and grind until they're in a flour, then use the flour in recipes.

Just a note to keep the temperature down when they're grinding, they can heat up from all the friction from grinding, I sort of do it in stages where I grind a little, then let them rest while I do other things, then grind, etc.

They're very handy!