How about the oats?

[gauthierk]

I am doing a stout brew tonight and it's requesting crushed oats... When I apply them to a brew, do I just toss them into the wort or do I have to put them in a grain bag and steep them??? How does this work?????

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

They definitely need to be steeped, and really they need to be mashed IMO (a partial mash would work fine). Give this thread a gander:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=19292

 

[fatboy570]

Ive used flaked oats in several brews now, just steeped them with my specialty grains, turned out fine