These steel cut oats cookies are essentially baked oatmeal you can easily eat with your hand, but taste like an indulgent nutty treat. Cook steel cut oats: Boil 3 cups of water, then add 1 cup of dry steel cut oats. Let it simmer for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring constantly, until all water evaporates and you’re left with porridge.
This causes cravings for even more sugar when the glucose levels begin to drop. When cooking steel cut oatmeal, its is important to know what you're consuming. Steel cut oats are low calorie, weighing in at only 170 calories per 1/4 cup serving of dry oats. They contain about 3g of fat and are low in saturated fat.
If you’re using traditional steel cut oats (not quick cooking), you’ll want to cook them first, just like when you’re making oatmeal. To use cooked oats, simply substitute one cup of cooked oatmeal for the instant raw oats listed in the recipe, and add an extra half cup of flour (or more as needed to achieve a non-runny dough consistency).
As long as you’re not following a ketogenic diet, oatmeal definitely has a place in a low-carb menu. One cup of cooked oatmeal has 28 grams of total carbs. Whether you enjoy one bowl or more depends on your carb goal and the amount of other carbs consumed throughout the day.