Quaker Oats has been around a long time. Right now they are happily celebrating 100 years of their iconic oats canister. It was 100 years ago that Quaker managed to prove that it’s hip NOT to be square and they introduced their cylinder shaped canister.
Henry Crowell, who purchased the Quaker Mill in Ravenna, Ohio, and with it the Quaker brand name, is credited for the canister debut. Canned foods were a hot new trend in 1915, and Cronwell noticed the public’s growing appetite for colorful, conveniently sized packaging, so he began selling his oats in distinctive round cardboard cartons decorated with the bran’s trademark image. Today, Quaker produces approximately 120 million canisters annually at it’s Cedar Rapids plant.
Fun Facts about Quaker Oats
- In 1891, Quaker was the first to feature a recipe on their packaging (Oatmeal Bread).
- The first cookie recipe, Oat Cakes, was introduced on packaging in 1908.
- For the last 20 years, the Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, remains consumers favorite recipe on the canister.
- In 2015, the Quaker Quick 3 minute Steel Cut Oats lineup launched (this cut cooking time from 30 minutes to just 3 minutes).
Quaker Oats was nice enough to send me a wonderful box full of Quaker products. One of the items in the box was a bunch of recipes. Bella told me that the Baked Cherry Almond Oatmeal is one she would like me to make her. See the recipe below:
GIVEAWAY!!!
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Rules
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It will sound like pandering, but my favorite is the oatmeal scotchie. It is the kind of cookie that you would ignore if it was on a plate surrounded by chocolate chip cookies, but once you eat one, you want more.
My favorite is oatmeal raison cookies.
My favorite cookie is peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip–yum!
I like sugar cookies
I have lots of favorite homemade cookies– it’s a good thing that I don’t have much time to bake LOL! When I do bake though oatmeal with raisins and chocolate chips are high on my list as are lemon squares and pecan tartlets (okay, not exactly a cookie)!
This time of year I love peanutbutter blossom cookies! Yum
I like homemade seven layer cookies.
I love oatmeal raisin cookies! My mom has a special recipe that’s always been my favorite!
No bake cookies with oatmeal, cocoa, and SunButter. I just made a big batch last week!
Well, truth be told my favorite homemade cookie is a Chocolate Chip Cookie made with butter, but I make Oatmeal Raisin ones more often, I use golden raisins – they are better!
My all time favorite cookies is a penaut butter cookie recipe that my gradnmother passed own to us.
I love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!
I love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!