It took me a bit to figure out what was being talked about. Here whole oats are used for horse feed, cracked oats are for chicken feed. Oats are planted to replenish the soil and prevent erosion.
Oat bran is made into high fiber muffins, quite good too.
Oat meal also called rolled oats is used as a cereal and also in the making of several types of cookies.
So I guess I like oats. Bran Muffins especially banana ones. I am not much of a cereal eater, but oat meal with maple syrup is quite delicious and oat meal cookies are worth fighting for.
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups quick cooking oats
* 1 cup chopped walnuts
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats and nuts until just blended. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cookies should be at least 2 inches apart.
3. Bake for about 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool cookies on a wire rack
Source:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Excellent-Oatmeal-Cookies/Detail.aspx