Oats Flour

• Oats are a whole-grain food, known scientifically as avena sativa.
• Oatmeal is very filling to a healthy diet.
• Oats are rich in carbs and fiber, but also higher in protein and fat than most other grains.
• Oat flour is significantly lighter than all-purpose and whole wheat flour.
• You replace the “regular” flour with an equal amount of oat flour by weight.
• Not only is oat flour packed with antioxidants, it also has more protein and fat than most traditional flours, and up to 8g of fiber per half-cup serving.

Benefits?

• Oats are high in the soluble fiber beta-glucan, which has numerous benefits.
• Oats also are a low-fat food. 
• They are very high in many vitamins and minerals
• The entire oat is used to make oat flour, so it boasts the nutrition of whole grains. 

Uses?

• 1 cup of rolled oats equals 1 cup oat flour, so here you’ll get 2 cups.
  
• One final thing to note is that oat flour is not a 1 for 1 substitute for all-purpose flour.
• You’ll need to use oat flour recipes that are especially designed for using it.

• The gluten in all-purpose flour provides lift in baked goods, but oats are very dense.