One ingredient: whole grain rolled oats.
Old-fashioned rolled oats cook in about 5 to 10 minutes and also work in baking, so they're the one kind to keep if you keep only one.
Flake size matters. Very fine flakes turned gummy in tests, and very thick ones made cookies spread.
Rolled oats
Bob's Red Mill Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
America's Test Kitchen's winning rolled oats: midsize flakes with the right chew in oatmeal and cookies. The only ingredient is whole grain oats.
$4.604 x 32 oz bags
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- Buy the regular Old Fashioned bag, not Extra Thick, if you bake with it.
Ingredients
Whole grain oats.
What we ruled out
NOW Real Food Organic Rolled Oats. Fine flakes turned gummy, and some tasters noted a metallic, bitter aftertaste.
Also good
Bob's Red Mill Extra Thick Rolled Oats. Recommended for oatmeal, but the thick flakes made cookies spread thin, and it takes about 20 minutes to cook.
Sources
- The best rolled oats, America's Test Kitchen (2017)