Comments on: Chestnut Flour Chocolate Chunk Muffin Recipe

By: Carly

Carly — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:43:52 +0000

Thanks for this! I’m gluten free and also get an upset stomach from a lot of the alien foods commonly used in gluten free baking (xanthan gum?!), so it’s really exciting to be able to make tasty food that’s made entirely from REAL food! These muffins are the perfect combo of good texture, flavor, and digestibility (a lot of gluten free flours are also very hard on the stomach). I agree with the previous comment that finely shredded whole coconut meat is surely what’s needed for this recipe. That’s what I used and the batter was already very thick – using defatted coconut flour would have made it too dry to use. To those who don’t have access to chestnut flour locally, I buy lots of specialty flours including chestnut from a website called iherb. Thanks again for this recipe. Yummm!

By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:55:54 +0000

I am having trouble with the ingredient: coconut flour/finely shredded coconut. coconut flour is defatted coconut that is a byproduct of the coconut milk industry and is sold in bags as “coconut flour”, finely shredded coconut makes coconut “butter” when ground in the food processor. I think the second is what you are referring to in your recipe. Because, when you cook with regular coconut flour, you need 1/2 c flour to 6 eggs. and I don’t think you have that many eggs/oil in your recipe (that coconut flour soaks up a TON)
But I can try to grind up some coconut flakes and see where to go from there. (because I just got some chestnut flour and your recipe looks SO SO SO GOOD!)

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:28:17 +0000

Oh yum – the muffin looks so inviting! I like baking with uncommon flours, and it seems like chesnut flour has been popping up more around the blogosphere recently. Is it sold everywhere in Italy? I’ll be visiting Rome and Florence in a months time, and would love to bring some back home with me.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:04:03 +0000

These muffins are delicious. I love the earthy chestnut flavor in combination with the coconut and chocolate. They also have a nice light texture. My son can’t eat wheat or gluten so we are always on the lookout for gluten free recipes that the whole family can enjoy. This recipe definitely qualifies!