Roast Oat Flakes – For That Extra Kick in Muesli or on Yoghurt

Oatmeal can be used almost universally in the kitchen. They taste even tastier when you roast the oat flakes: This gives muesli, desserts, and pastries that extra crunch. And that’s very easy.

Roast oatmeal in a pan or oven

Rolled oats are real all-rounders: they form the basis of most muesli, pimp your breakfast yoghurt, or soothe an irritated stomach in the form of oatmeal. You can bake with oatmeal – bread, cookies, or oatmeal cake – to make patties for veggie burgers or use it to cook porridge, baked oatmeal, or baby food. They taste even tastier if you roast the oat flakes – in a pan without fat, in butter, or to caramelize with sugar or honey. Whether you use tender or crunchy oat flakes is up to your taste. And it’s this easy:

1. Melt some oil (e.g. coconut oil or sunflower oil) or butter in a coated pan over low heat. But you can also do without if you prefer.
2. Add rolled oats and increase the temperature slightly.
3. Toast the flakes while turning them constantly. Be careful: oatmeal burns quickly and then becomes bitter!
4. Add some honey or sugar to caramelize. Then continue to turn diligently, as the sugar makes the oatmeal burn even more easily.
5. For those who like: A pinch of salt adds that certain something!
6. Remove the pan from the heat once the flakes are lightly browned and fragrant.
7. Transfer to a plate to cool. Be careful when trying: oatmeal is a real heat store and you can easily burn your tongue!

Rolled oats can also be roasted in the oven at 150 degrees Celsius – here you should also be careful not to burn them. It’s best to judge by your nose: as soon as it smells delicious of oatmeal biscuits, take out the tray.

Roasted oat flakes taste good with it

Roasted oatmeal without sugar gives your morning muesli that extra crunch without the extra calories. Of course, toasting oatmeal for porridge doesn’t make it crispier because the oatmeal is soaked. The roasted aromas give the porridge a particularly fine taste. You can also use roasted, caramelized oatmeal as a brittle: Use it to decorate cakes such as a traditional Frankfurter Kranz (as an alternative to hazelnut brittle) or give it as a topping over ice cream, fruit salad, or quark dishes.

It’s best to consume toasted oatmeal straight away—then they’ll be perfectly crunchy. If you used butter to roast oats, do not store them for more than a few days or they will go rancid. If you have roasted them without fat, for example for muesli, you can store them in an airtight container for up to four weeks.