What is a good substitute for milk in oatmeal?

Answer 1

When making oatmeal, I use plain tap water.

If you use the small, one serving bags, carefully cut or tear the bag at the dotted line, empty the contents into a bowl and then fill the empty paper envelope with tap water.

Pour the water into the oatmeal and microwave on high for 90 seconds, or follow the directions for heating over a burner.

Answer 2

Oatmeal is hard to find a substitute for, as it is unique in texture and flavor. It is not sweet, but it adds subtle flavor and texture by picking up on the flavors around it. It also absorbs some of the moisture around it, but not like flour does. Nothing else quite has exactly the same properties, so it really depends on which of the oatmeal properties the recipe uses the oatmeal for.

If the oatmeal is to be used as a main flavoring, as in oat muffins or oatmeal cookies, granola is a good substitute - especially if it doesn't have fruit in it, as the fruit bits in granola can be hard, whereas dried fruits used on their own, such as raisins, are softer.

In things like meatloaf, oatmeal is used as a bonding ingredient - to hold the loaf together. In this case you may use another bonding ingredient, such as bread crumbs or cracker crumbs. In a whole grain bread, the best thing to do might be to increase the amounts of the other whole grains used in the recipe to compensate for not using oatmeal, but this one is hard to say for sure without knowing the recipe.

Answer 3

It depend on the recipe and what you are cooking.