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Hi from Linda in Michigan.
Oatmeal. You either like it or you don??™t; I don??™t think there is a happy medium. I have a friend that literally pales at the mention of ???Mother??™s Oats???. She said that she was made to eat a bowlful every morning when she was a child. She won??™t even eat an oatmeal cookie now. Me? I love it. Because of some of the anti-rejection medications that I take, I always feel cold. And I can??™t sleep when I am cold. So I usually have a bowl of oatmeal as my snack before bedtime. I go happily off to sleep with a full, warm tummy. Besides breakfast cereal and cookies, there are so many great things that you can make with oatmeal. I hope that you find one or two recipes interesting. Especially if you have a cold and fall into a poison ivy patch!
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OATMEAL KISSES
Author Unknown
The baby is teething-the children are fighting. My husband just called and said to eat dinner without him. Okay, one of these days you'll shout: "Why don't you grow up and act your age!" and they will, or "You guys get outside and find yourselves something to do...and don't slam the door!"...and they won't.
You'll straighten up their rooms neat and tidy...bumper stickers discarded...spreads tucked and smooth ... toys displayed on the shelves...hangars in the closet...animals caged, and you'll say
out loud: "Now I want it to stay that way!" and it will...You'll prepare a perfect dinner with a salad that hasn't been picked to death and a cake with no finger traces in it and you'll say, "Now there's a meal for a company." and you'll eat it alone.
You'll say, "I want complete privacy on the phone. No dancing around, no pantomimes, no demolition crews. Silence! Do you hear?"...and you'll have it. No more plastic tablecloths stained with spaghetti, no more anxious nights under a vaporizer tent, no more dandelion bouquets, no more iron-on patches, knotted shoestrings, or tight moots.
Imagine, a lipstick with a point, no babysitter for New Year's Eve, washing clothes only once a week, no P.T.A. meetings, carpools, blaring radios, Christmas presents out of toothpicks and paste. No more "Wet Oatmeal Kisses". No more
tooth fairy giggles in the dark, or knees to heal.
Only a voice crying..."Why don't you grow up?"... and the silence echoing ......."I did."
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SOME FUN OATMEAL FACTS
Source: http://eefy.editme.com/QuakerOatmeal
Quaker?® Oats was the first U.S. breakfast cereal to receive a registered trademark, the first to offer a recipe and a premium on its package, and the first to offer trial-size samples.
The portrait of the Quaker Man on the package has only been updated three times since its debut in 1877, once in 1946, again in 1957 and, most recently, in 1972.
An 18-ounce package of Old Fashioned Quaker?® Oats contains about 26,000 rolled oats.
Americans eat oatmeal as a breakfast cereal 89 percent of the time; 11 percent of the time we use oatmeal as an ingredient.
Quaker Oats is enjoyed by families in over 24 countries. In Malaysia for example, it is knows as Chop Orange Tua, in some countries in South America, Quaker Oats is known as "the oats of the little old man."
Geeze....where would the world be without oatmeal!
MORE OATMEAL FACTS
Source: http://www.soya.be/recipes/oatmeal-pancakes.php
Oats are native to Eurasia and grow well in temperate climate zones. Oatmeal is often served as porridge and is used to make cookies and pancakes. Oatmeal is also a main ingredients for muesli and cereal
bars.
Oatmeal is very rich in protein and healthy fats: 100 g oatmeal contains about 13.8 g protein and 7.2 g fat. Other important nutrients, which can be found in 100 g oatmeal, are: 5.5 g fibre, 268 mg potassium, 131 mg magnesium, 4.2 mg iron, 0.84 mg vitamin E, 0.56 mg vitamin B1, 0.12 mg vitamin B2 and 0.93 mg vitamin B6. As part of a low cholesterol diet, oatmeal helps to remove cholesterol from your body. The FDA awarded the first food health claim to oatmeal: three grams of soluble fibre from oatmeal daily, in a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
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A tough old cowboy counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning.
The grandson did this religiously to the age of 103.
When he died, he left 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren, 25 great-great grand children, and a 15-foot hole where the crematorium used to be.
What do you get when you cross oatmeal and ducks?
Quacker oatmeal!
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OATMEAL POSSET
Source: http://www.RampantScotland.com
A "posset" is a hot drink of milk with various additions as a remedy for a cold. But whether you have a cold or not, any drink with honey and whisky has to go down well!
Ingredients:
One UK pint (20 fluid ounces or 600ml or two and a half US cups) milk
Half ounce (15g or 2 tablespoons) medium oatmeal
Quarter teaspoon (15g) salt
2 teaspoons (10ml) clear honey (Scottish heather honey if you can!)
1 tablespoon (15ml) whisky (or brandy, if you prefer)
Grated nutmeg or cinnamon sticks to taste
Method:
Add the oatmeal and salt to the milk in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring continuously. Remove from the heat allow to stand for ten minutes.
Strain the liquid into a clean saucepan, pressing the oatmeal to extract as much liquid as possible, discarding the oatmeal at the end. Stir in the honey and grated nutmeg plus the whisky or brandy. Reheat until it is almost boiling and serve immediately in mugs. Instead of using nutmeg, you can put a cinnamon stick into each mug and stir the drink in the mug with this between sips.
CROCK POT OATMEAL
From: Josephine Lienhart
(Farm Bureau Credit Union Cookbook)
2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
4 cups water
1 large apple, chopped
1 cup raisins
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 to 2 tablespoons orange peel
Combine all ingredients in crock pot. Turn on low setting before going to bed and oatmeal is ready to eat in the morning.
MENNONITE OATMEAL BREAD
Source: AAArecipes.com
2 cups rolled oats (preferably coarse)
2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 teaspoon sugar
2 packets yeast (about 2 tablespoon)
Chopped nuts (optional)
Raisins (optional)
About 6 cups all-purpose flour
Pour boiling water over rolled oats; stir and add molasses, salt, brown sugar and shortening. Let stand until lukewarm, then add yeast dissolved in warm water with sugar. Mix in flour until it requires muscle. Then knead a few minutes on well floured surface. Put dough in bowl; cover. Let rise 1 to 2 hours in warm, draft-free place to double its size (rolls and buns take less time to rise and bake; can make various shapes). It is risen enough if the dent stays when you press your fingers deeply into it. Nuts or raisins may be added with flour or kneaded into individual loaves. Divide into 2 loaves; let rise again until smooth and round over tops of pans, about an hour or more. Bake at 400 degrees F for 35 minutes.
OATMEAL CHOCOLATE HEATHBAR COOKIES
Source: White Lace Inn Bed & Breakfast
Ingredients:
2 c. butter
2 c. white sugar
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
3 tsp, vanilla
4 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
7 c. Quaker Oats old fashioned oatmeal
1 - 7 oz. Hershey milk chocolate candy bar, chopped into large pieces
6 Heath candy bars, chopped
1 c. nuts (optional)
Cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Set aside. Mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Fold this into butter mixture. Add to this oatmeal, candy bars, and nuts (if using nuts). Make large cookies and bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 8-10 minutes (note: it is best to under-bake a little). Also, you can use 1/2 butter - 1/2 margarine. Makes 4 doz. large cookies.
MRS. FIELD??™S RAISIN OATMEAL COOKIES
From: Top Secret Recipes
2-1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup quick oats (not instant)
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
2 Tab honey
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1-1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Combine flour, soda, salt, oats. Stir together, set aside.
In large bowl, blend sugars with mixer at medium speed.
Add butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scrape down sides of bowl, then add honey, vanilla and eggs.
Mix at medium speed till lite and fluffy.
Add flour mixture, raisins and nuts, blend at low speed just until combined. Do not overmix.
Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets 1-1/2 inches apart.
Bake 22-24 minutes or light golden brown.
Transfer to cool on flat surface with spatula.
CRUMB-TOPPED BLUEBERRY OATMEAL CAKE
Source: Gingerich Farms Products, Inc.
10 tbsp butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats
2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour (can be a half white and half whole wheat flour)
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup fresh or thawed/frozen* blueberries
Crumb topping:
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup chopped nuts, optional
Cake: Cut butter up and combine with oats and boiling water in a bowl. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking pan. Mix together sugars, salt, baking soda, flour and cinnamon. Stir oat mixture into flour mixture. Add beaten eggs and stir well. Gently fold in blueberries. Pour into prepared pan. Top with crumb topping and bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Serves 12-15.
Crumb topping: Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut butter in until the mixture is well-combined and texture is coarse. This is a dense, heavy, "comforting" cake. It is most especially delicious with a
dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
* Thawing frozen blueberries in the refrigerator gives the best possible texture. They will still be more fragile than fresh but infinitely much better than the texture of thawed-on-the-counter berries!
OATMEAL PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANA MUFFINS
Source: The Peanut Institute
1 1/2 cup flour
1 cup oatmeal (either instant or long cooking)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. maple powder (or 1 teaspoon maple extract or 1 tablespoon maple flavoring)
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 cup milk
1 egg
2 over ripe bananas (mushed up)
mix of sugar and cinnamon to sprinkle on top
In a large bowl, mix the flour and the oatmeal together, blend in brown sugar (I mix this with my hands, then I can make sure there are no "clumps" of brown sugar in the dry mix). Add maple powder (if using the liquid forms, add with milk), baking powder and salt, mix again until well blended.
In another bowl (or in a blender or food processor if so desired) mix the peanut butter, milk, (liquid maple flavor, if that's what you're using), egg and bananas. Mix well, then combine with dry ingredients, just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Fill muffin tins 2/3 full with batter. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Yield: 1 dozen
AMISH OATMEAL PIE
Source: Recipes-to-go.com
1 cup sugar
3 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
4 eggs
1 1/2 tbsp melted butter
1 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp grated orange rind
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup quick oats
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell
Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Beat 4 eggs until frothy. Add dry mixture. Add corn syrup, melted butter, orange rind, vanilla and the quick oats. Mix well. Pour into shell. Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes.
Source: Amish Cooking in Quilt Country TV show
For Linda from Maggie...
PEANUT BUTTER-OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 28 min
Makes: About 2-1/2 doz. cookies or 30 servings, 1 cookie each
1 cup flour
1 cup old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
6 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, coarsely chopped
PREHEAT oven to 375?°F. Mix flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
BEAT sugars, margarine and peanut butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing until well blended after each addition. Stir in chopped chocolate. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE 12 to 13 min. or until lightly browned. Cool 1 min.; remove from baking sheets to wire racks. Cool completely.
Great Substitute:
Substitute 1 cup BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks for the chopped chocolate.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 140 Total fat 7g Saturated fat 2g Cholesterol 5mg Sodium 110mg Carbohydrate 16g Dietary fiber 1g Sugars 10g Protein 3g Vitamin A 4%DV Vitamin C 0%DV Calcium 0%DV Iron 4%DV
Source: Kraft Kitchens
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OATMEAL CUSTARD
This recipe is a modification of a winner of the Quaker Silver Plate recipe contest. Egg substitute replaces whole eggs, and skim milk keeps saturated fat content low.
Source: What's For
Breakfast, by Donna Roy, MS,RD & Kathleen Flores, MS, RD
2-3/4 cup water
1 cup uncooked rolled oats
1/2 cup egg substitute, thawed
1/4 cup sugar
1-1/3 cups skim milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. salt
1/3 cup dried prunes or fruit of your choice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Vegetable cooking spray
Boil water in covered saucepan. Stir in oats. Return to a boil, reduce heat and continue to boil. Cook uncovered for about one minute, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Cover and set aside. In large bowl, mix next five ingredients. Add cooked oatmeal, dried fruit and cinnamon to egg mixture and mix well. Pour into 8-inch square pan, coated with vegetable cooking spray. Place in larger pan of hot water. Bake in 350*F. oven for one hour, or until set.
Serving Suggestion: Top each serving with 1/2 cup sweetened fresh fruit, such as strawberry or peach slices. Be sure to add extra exchanges to your intake.
Makes 4 servings.
Per Serving: 156 Calories; 2g Fat; 7g Protein; 3g Carb; 3g Fiber; 90mg Sodium; 0mg Cholesterol; 0g Sat. Fat. Exchanges: 1/2 Milk/ 1/2 Fruit, 1 Bread.
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VERY BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
Naturally sweet blueberries pack these breakfast of snack favorites with fruit flavor.
Source: Lehigh Valley Hospital
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1/4 cup brown sugar substitute or firmly packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup skim milk
1/4 cup egg substitute, or 1 egg, beaten
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
Heat oven to 425oF. Spray 12 medium muffin cups with vegetable oil cooking spray or line with paper baking cups. Combine dry ingredients. Add milk, egg substitute and oil; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in blueberries; fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown.
1 dozen muffins
Nutritional information per serving (1 muffin): 124 calories, 18 g carbohydrates, 4 g protein, 4 g fat, 53 mg calcium, 122 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol, 8 g dietary fiber
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 bread/starch; 1 fat
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CINNAMON CHOCOLATE LOW FAT OATMEAL
Source: MrBreakfast.com
1 serving
2 packets plain instant oatmeal
1 packet fat-free hot chocolate
3 packets Splenda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl. Pour some boiling water into the bowl and mix well.
Add skim-milk for a creamier consistency...Yum-o!
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OATMEAL BATH
Source: Quaker Oatmeal
This is so soothing for a little one that has chicken pox or for a teenager who went four-wheeling yesterday??¦??¦..trust me.
Indications: Symptomatic treatment of Pruritus Chicken Pox Poison Ivy
Homemade Oatmeal Bath
Fill one leg of nylon stocking with 2 cups of oats.
Tie stocking end in a knot.
Set bath faucet to comfortable temperature.
Turn on bath faucet (comfortable temperature).
Hold stocking under faucet flowing at full force.
Swirl stocking through water several times.
Wring stocking out over water.
Discard stocking (do not reuse).
Patient soaks in tub for 15 to 20 minutes.
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