The answer might surprise you. Until recently, I had no idea why a recipe might call for one or the other. So I did a little sleuthing on oats and found answers that surprised me. Here's what I ...

Directions. Preheat oven to 300°F. Process eggs, half-and-half, oats, ... Old-fashioned oats and steel-cut oats are not the same and cannot be used interchangeably in recipes.

The Takeaway. Rolled oats—also known as old-fashioned oats—are a versatile ingredient that can be used for oatmeal and in all sorts of recipes.

For a food that is so simple in some ways, oats are oddly confusing when it comes to the different labels you see on the packaging and the wording found in recipes. This is the one I find most ...