How to Make Your Own Oat Flour in a Blender
The longer you have been doing something, the more likely you are to do it on autopilot. When I was a manager, I used to have the second newest person train the newest person because she/he was the person that was most likely to still think about each step and remember to pass on ALL of the details. I was reminded of this recently when one of my children looked at my Egg Free Almond Cookies and said, “we have oat flour?” Well, technically no, we didn’t have oat flour. And then I realized that I forgot to share an important money saving tip!
Oat flour is expensive, but you can make your own very easily using old-fashioned (NOT quick cook) oatmeal. I use gluten-free whole grain oats, which allows me to create gluten-free oat flour, which is something I have never been able to find in our stores.
To make oat flour, add one cup at a time of old-fashioned or steel cut oats to your blender.
Pulse on high until it the oatmeal becomes the consistency of flour. If you don’t have a very powerful blender, let the blender come to a rest between pulsing it and use a spoon to stir the oats. I have a plain, 15 year old Osterizer blender and it takes me less than a minute to make oat flour:
Please tell me that I am not the only one to cook on autopilot!
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Who woulda known? Awesome tip!
I've never tried to make oatmeal flour, you've just inspired me to try it!
I do the same thing except I have a small coffee grinder that is dedicated just to making oat flour. I have even labeled it OAT FLOUR ONLY in my kitchen. Good tip.
I cook on autopilot but have never made any kind of flour lol.
I make most of special flours in home as they are expensive to buy and difficult to get.
I love this idea. What kinds of recipes can you use your oat flour in? Does it work in savory dishes?
I was just browsing for quantities to make oat flour and ran across your site. I want to make an old favorite pizza dough recipe that my kids loved back in the ’70s. It uses 3/4 c oat flour, which I always made in the blender.
No! You are absolutely not the only person who runs on auto-pilot! LOL
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment! I’m glad I’m not the only one on auto-pilot.