Help me use these ingredients (flaxseed meal, oat flour, buckwheat flour)

[fairfarmhand]

Cleaned out my pantry and found boxes of flaxseed meal, oat bran, and buckwheat. Tell me how to use these. I have no memory of buying them and what I had in mind when I picked them up. 

[Soror]

Flaxseed meal is likely rancid if it has been in the pantry for a while.  I'd check the date and smell it. I keep mine in the freezer and put a bit into oats(after they are cooked) or smoothies. 

Oat flour works well for pancake and muffin recipes. 

Edited January 17, 2021 by Soror

[happi duck]

I agree to double-check the flax.  I add ground flax to applesauce as a snack.  It can also be mixed with water as an egg replacer in baking.

[Kanin]

Cookie time! 😄 

[fairfarmhand]

1 minute ago, Kanin said:

Cookie time! 😄 

Recipe?

[Kanin]

1 minute ago, fairfarmhand said:

Recipe?

Well.... I'm a terrible baker 🙂  But I've been using a modification of this recipe. I don't use the coconut or soy milk. Oh and I use regular butter so it's not vegan at all. Why the vegan recipe then.... no idea! Lol.

There's something about oatmeal/oat flour that makes cookies come out decently, even if the person (me) is really bad at baking! I just add more liquid (water or milk) to the recipe to make it the right consistency, and somehow that ends up OK with oat-based cookies. 

https://lovingitvegan.com/simple-vegan-oatmeal-cookies/

[catz]

For general baking you could probably put a tablespoon of each finely ground in a cup and top it with flour.   That won’t work with bread but should be fine for quick bread, bars, waffles, pancakes, etc.   I often do this to up nutritional profile when baking.  I would check the flax to make sure it isn’t rancid though.  

Ground flax you can throw into almost anything.  

[marbel]

I've added flaxseed meal and oat bran when baking bread. Not too much, just maybe a 1/2 cup total to a 5-6 cup-of-flour bread recipe. I've added some oat bran into an oatmeal cookie recipe as a substitute for some of the flour. Could also add either into oatmeal, or muffins.

I've never  used buckwheat as the one time I tasted it I didn't like it. I know there are recipes for buckwheat pancakes. But I think that is also something that could be added to a bread recipe.  But I add lots of different things into the basic whole-wheat bread recipe. 

Agreeing that flaxseed meal may be rancid; it does not have a long shelf life.

[scholastica]

Pancake mix!

[PeterPan]

Sniff everything to make sure it's still fresh. I'd throw away the flaxseed stuff (because I take it in capsules and I draw the line, lol) and make pancakes with the rest. We're huge pancake lovers here, so we'll make big batches and freeze them. Those flours would get used up in a hot flash, yum yum. Just throw them in your regular recipe and make sure you use enough baking powder.

[*Jessica*]

Buckwheat pancakes are so yummy!  I haven’t had them in years, and I don’t have a recipe because my MIL was the one who made them and she used a mix, but now I want some.

[kbutton]

Oat flour makes good pancakes. We do 50/50 oat flour and oat meal. We use about 1 TB of baking powder per 2 cups of oat product, 2 eggs per same, salt to taste, and some milk. Let it sit a bit to make the oats soft, and then fry. My kids love them, and they are far more filling than flour pancakes. They do take a bit longer to cook, and have a heartier texture. Great with real maple syrup.

[katilac]

I often add a bit of flaxseed meal to pancakes or whatever I'm baking. I use it pretty slowly and it's never gone bad (although keeping it in the freezer is an excellent idea). If it's bad, you will smell it. 

[Ali in OR]

I use flaxseed meal in my oatmeal in hopes of lowering my cholesterol level. I add an equivalent of 1 Tbs per serving. That said, the first time I tried this I had flaxseed meal that wasn't too old and had come from the bulk food bin at the grocery store. I thought it had a horrible taste. I now buy a package of Bob's Red Mill flaxseed meal and put it in the fridge or freezer as soon as I come home and I don't notice the taste in the oatmeal at all. So I agree with the others that you probably need to throw it out.

[mmasc]

This is about the only recipe I have where I use flaxseed, but it’s a yummy recipe!

Eta: anything on hand will work, but I specifically like creamy natural peanut butter and Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips. Also, I store these in the fridge. 

 

Edited January 17, 2021 by mmasc
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[fairfarmhand]

1 hour ago, mmasc said:

This is about the only recipe I have where I use flaxseed, but it’s a yummy recipe!

Eta: anything on hand will work, but I specifically like creamy natural peanut butter and Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips. Also, I store these in the fridge. 

 

I’ll make this...probably will have to go buy more flaxseed meal. 😝