Today there are two kinds of oat flour: finely ground flour and oatmeal (tolokno). Mainly the finely ground kind is used for all sorts of baking, while from the second one porridge or kissel is usually cooked. Although you can certainly add it to bread dough, for example. Almost all of the oat flour recipes in this catalog use precisely the first kind.
The calorie content of oat flour is 369 kcal, with protein, fat and carbs of 13, 6.8 and 64.9. It is rich in B vitamins, as well as PP, A, C and E. It contains plenty of fiber, along with amino acids, trace elements, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium that are important for health. All of this has a most positive effect on the condition of hair, skin and nails, and stimulates the work of the intestines and the cardiovascular system.
Oat flour is most often found in recipes with these five products:
| Product | Number of recipes with a pairing | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar | 23 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 |
| Eggs | 17 | 157 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
| Chicken eggs | 16 | 80 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.3 |
| Butter | 15 | 734 | 0.5 | 82.5 | 0.8 |
| Wheat flour | 13 | 325 | 12 | 1 | 67 |
You can make oat flour yourself using an ordinary hand coffee grinder. If you have an electric one, the grinding will be several times easier. Before processing, the flakes can be lightly dried in a dry skillet.
To obtain oatmeal (tolokno) you need to grind whole oat grains. That's harder, but there's a choice — buy it ready-made at the store.
For baking any bread products, wheat flour is used alongside oat flour in various proportions. For the popular oatmeal cookies, for example, 2 parts oat flour and 0.5 part wheat flour are taken. You can add any dried fruit, nuts, pieces of chocolate or candied fruit to the dough.