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Favorite American Oat Recipes

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For generations, oats have been one of America's favorite cereals and a favorite baking ingredient.

Ever since the first recipe for oat cakes was printed on the Quaker® Oats package in 1908, the Quaker Oatmeal Kitchens have been a trusted source of recipes.

To continue with this tradition and help bakers of all ages enjoy the goodness of oats, Quaker Oats shares some favorite recipes in the Quaker Oats Favorite Recipe Collection: Celebrating 120 Years of Great Tasting Family Classics (Time-Life Books, $14.95). This special collection features 70 old and new favorites from Quaker's Best Oatmeal Cookies and Lemon Blueberry Muffins to Sunday Supper Meatloaf and Italian Herbed Oatmeal Focaccia.

Oats have a delicious, nutty flavor and chewy texture -- plus they are low in fat, sodium free, cholesterol free and preservative free. Throughout the collection, recipes are earmarked "low-fat" with a heart icon, "prize-winning" with a ribbon icon, and "classics" (among the most requested recipes) with the trademark "smiling man in Quaker garb" icon. There is also a complete chart of nutritional information for all 70 recipes at the back of the book.

Increasing the amount of oatmeal in your diet is easy. Try these healthy tips:

Begin the day with a bowl of hot oatmeal or a low-fat oatmeal muffin.
Use oatmeal in place of bread crumbs in recipes for meatloaf and meatballs.
Substitute 1/3 cup oats for 1/3 cup flour whenever you bake.
Coat skinned chicken breasts and fish fillets with ground oat flour, instead of bread or cracker crumbs.

Since eating oatmeal is a wholesome way to start the day, the breakfast chapter includes recipes for Maple Apple Oatmeal and other all-American morning mainstays such as Favorite Oatmeal Pancakes, as well as tasty oatmeal toppers and fiber facts.

To celebrate life's big and little events, there's an entire chapter devoted to sweet recipe ideas for special occasions such as a Valentine Cookie Puzzle, Spring-into-Easter Cutouts and a Really Big Birthday Cookie.

Mouthwatering recipes, full-color photographs, Quaker® Oats trivia, step-by-step instructions, baking tips, serving and storage suggestions and helpful hints complete the collection and guarantee that it will be a staple in American kitchens for generations to come. (NAPSI)

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