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How to Make Oat Flour

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Posted:9/7/21
Updated:9/3/21
By:Ashley

Have rolled oats or quick oats lying around? Then you can make oat flour at home! You just need oats and a blender or food processor.

oat flour in a glass canister with a spoon

What is Oat Flour?

Oat flour is simply ground down oats, into flour form. It’s light, soft, nutty and perfect for many of your baking needs!

Is Oat Flour Healthy?

Oats are a very nutrient dense food. A great complex carbohydrate with a good source of iron, magnesium, vitamin B, fiber, and many other nutrients our bodies need.

Oat flour is an awesome ingredient to keep on hand for all of your healthy baking needs.

If you’re looking for some healthy baking pantry staples, be sure to check out this post!

Is Oat Flour Gluten Free?

As long as you’re using certified gluten free oats then YES, oat flour is gluten free. Be sure to check the labels when buying your oats. I always use Bob’s Red Mill Certified Gluten Free Oats.

oat flour in a large bowl

What You Need

  • Oats – rolled oats or quick oats can be used to make oat flour. Steel cut oats are not recommended here.
  • High Powered Blender – If you’re making a small batch of oat flour, you can use something like a NutriBullet.
  • Storage Containers – I love these glass ones.
rolled oats in a bowl

How to Make

Making oat flour is as easy as it gets. Just add the desired amount of oats in your blender or food processor, pulse and blend until a fine flour forms.

Be careful not to over-blend, you just want a fine flour consistency.

  • rolled oats in blender
  • oat flour in blender

Oat Flour Recipes

You can make a variety of recipes using homemade oat flour. Whether it’s muffins, quick bread, cookies or no bake dessert bars, there are plenty of ways to use it!

Here are some of my favorite recipes using oat flour:

  • Easy No Bake Cookie Dough Bars
  • Banana Oatmeal Muffins
  • Healthy Smash Cake
  • Pumpkin Spice Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites
  • Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

How to Store

Allow oat flour to rest in blender for 5 minutes (it gets a little warm) before adding to a storage container.

Label the container if you’d like, store with a tight lid at room temperature and use within 1 month.

oat flour in a mason jar

Let me know if this was helpful by leaving a comment and rating below! It helps others learn more about the recipe too! Xx Ashley

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Making oat flour at home is easy! You just need either quick oats or rolled oats and a blender.  It’s a great gluten free flour for all kinds of recipes, from pancakes and bread to muffins and cookies.

  • Author: Ashley
  • Prep Time: 1 minute
  • Cook Time: 1 minutes
  • Total Time: 2 minutes
  • Yield: 1.5 cups 1x
  • Category: How To
  • Method: blender
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (or use quick cooking oats)

Instructions

  1. Add oats to a blender and process until oats have broken down into flour.
  2. Allow oat flour to cool for 5 minutes and add to storage container with lid.
  3. Oat flour can be stored at room temperature, up to 1 month.

Notes

You can make a large batch of oat flour if you plan on using it often and want to keep on hand. Or you can make it as needed – I like my NutriBullet for this.

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About Ashley

"Ashley Walterhouse is the founder of Fit Mitten Kitchen, based in the Greater Lansing Area of Michigan, AKA “the Mitten.” Ashley grew up as a picky eater but later discovered that eating healthy was actually easy and fun. She started FMK in 2015 as a way to share her newfound love of developing healthier recipes for all to enjoy."

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  1. Dianne G says

    9/7/2021 at 7:18 pm

    Can’t wait to try it.

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  2. RoseMarie says

    9/8/2021 at 11:37 am

    I’ve been making oat flour for a very long time. I keep it in a ziploc bag in the refrigerator. My oatmeal is always made with oat flour, and it’s creamy and delicious!

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