Fran Costigan - All About Oats

Recognizing the Versatility of Oats in Plant-based Treats

This event aired on Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Topic: All About Oats

Learn when to use which kind of oat, how to make and store fresh oat flour and oat milk. The many benefits of oats, and their ability to enhance the flavor and textures of desserts.

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Fran Costigan

Director of Vegan Pastry

FranCostigan.com

Fran Costigan is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Trained at the New York Restaurant School and Natural Gourmet Institute, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 20 years ago. A lifelong chocoholic and long time vegan, Fran’s latest book, Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts, (Running Press 2013) is for all who madly, deeply love chocolate desserts, whether or not dietary considerations are an issue. Her previous cookbook, More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally (Book Publishing Company 2006) is the basis of the Costigan Vegan Baking Boot Camp Intensive®. For more information, www.francostigan.com.

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Sylvia Lynch

If you haven’t gone over it already, how do you make oat milk? Also do you have a good recipe for low sugar oat milk icecream? Thank you

Char Nolan

What is the benefit of “plant-milk” machines?

Fran Costigan

Statement on their gluten-free oats from Bobs Red Mill. https://www.bobsredmill.com/blog/healthy-living/is-oatmeal-gluten-free/

Barbara Fingold

Are oats OK on a low glycemic diet? Are there ways to prepare oats that lowers the glycemic index?

Deborah Wilson

Are there any oats that are truly gluten free? My dil and grandsons have celiac, and I want to keep them safe.

Fran Costigan

NIH on Oats for Celiac https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2658132

Char Nolan

What is the ideal amount of time to blend oats & water in a high speed blender to avoid a pasty milk? Is it best to use the large container, or should it be blended in the small, dry container? TY

Char Nolan

What has your experience been when serving savory oats as a side dish to guests?

Myra Dekker

I use my Vegan Milker to make oat milk and use hot (80C) water. 50g oats, 1 liter water. Still a bit slimy. Can I avoid slimy-ness?

Rick Paul

Can you mix oat flour with any other type?

Regina Heon

How do you toast your rolled oats, thanks!

Hagop Kasarjian

how do you toast the rolled oats?

Suzanne Lyons

how long and at what temp do you toast oats? Also made your cobble last week...YUM!

Cynthia Dudak

How do you toast rolled oats? How do you "roast" you oats-as you you mentioned in your "roasted" oat flour if I heard you correctly. Other uses for the oat groat? Thank you, you information is great!

Lynnette Clancy

what is the best way to make overnight oats

Joyice Gere

what is the nutritional difference between sprouted and rolled oats?

Adrienne Jamison

What leavening agent can be used when making bread from only oat flour?

Nancy Zambrana

Is oat milk very fattening? Some have a lot of calories. Please advise which brand is the best to buy. Thank you

Myra Dekker

Do you have a trick to make vegan oatcookies crispy, while avoiding fat?

Judi Kendall

With the oats added to the soup for a creamy soup would this substitute for a extra creamy oat milk in a soup recipe?

Janet Batchelder

Hi Chef Fran, I'm fairly new to a plant-based diet and am thrilled with all it has to offer. I would like to do is make pasta from scratch. What would be the best flours to use.

Susanne B

Does the taste or texture change whether using oats versus sprouted oats?

Julia Golier

Which brands of oat based products are reliably glycophosphate free? (Also, made my first slump. Last week — thanks!!)

Fran Costigan

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2023/04/going-going-gone-ewg-finds-glyphosate-levels-drop-oat-based-products

Janet Batchelder

I have many different flours, can they be used in exchange for another. What would be a good substitute for all-purpose flour? Thank you, Chef Fran.

Cynthia Brown

Chef Fran- We have a sesame allergy. Any suggestions for sesame substitutions in the oat sesame squares? Thank you!

Dana Mcfarlane

I have made oat milk several times in different ways and a slimy goo has consistently been the result. Any tips?

Laura Crabtree Hollenbeck

Hi Chef Fran! I was just thinking of the bad experience I had when I couldn't get Oatly--not just any store bought subs will do-- trying to help any who might not know :)

Sharon Meyerhoff

If a recipe calls for quick oats, can I substitute rolled oats?

Cynthia Dudak

I have oat groats. What's the best way to cook them? I think I soaked it, but it took a long time, and I wasn't sure when it was done. What's the ratio for oat to water, and cooking time? Other uses?

Soma Angelus

Each time I've purchased Tahini, I seem to choose a bitter brand. Can you recommend how to choose a Tahini good for baking?

Cynthia Dudak

Just wanted to thank you! this has been great! I love oats and oatmeal, and I've loved all you your information and showing us! Thank you!!!

Carol Jochimsen

This is a comment - I purchase old fashioned oats from a bulk price store, 10# at a time and get a 10% discount. We eat LOTS of oatmeal and use in cooking/baking. Love oats!!!

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Fran Costigan