Using cooked oatmeal in quickbread or other sweets/snacks

Question

I made a big pot of oatmeal (regular rolled oats), but appear to be the only one in my household eating them. What can I do with them so they don't go to waste, that isn't pancake-type of thing. Could I creatively add them to a quick bread? I understand subbing dry for dry, but am not accomplished enough to try subbing cooked oats in for something else without being told how to swap out another ingredient. Say, a carrot cake or apple bread or suggest something else...

Stephanie G. · Answer

Pancakes  with cooked oatmeal!    There is a Kim Boyce recipe on the Smitten Kitchen website for her oatmeal pancakes.  It's from her book Good to the Grain, and one of our family favorites.

Nancy · Answer

For using leftover cooked oatmeal

Gammy · Answer

Push come to shove... you could always freeze in single size portions. They should reheat via microwave easily.

Nancy · Answer

There are existing recioes for sing leftover cooked oatmeal in cookies, muffins or quickbread, smoothies, breakfast bars. Look for them online to get tried-and-true proportions and cooking times.

Using cooked oatmeal in quickbread or other sweets/snacks

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