Question: what is the difference between quick oats and old fashioned oats in baking?
Answer: The groats are ground and broken into small bits. Rolled oats (old-fashioned), are the oat groats steamed and rolled into flakes. ... Quick oats are cut into more pieces, rolled thinner, and steamed longer. They will not have as much texture as the rolled oats or steel-cut but will cook more quickly.