Pops went on an adventure the other day to pick some chesnuts as he’s pretty sweet on my Mama and these are her favorite nuts 
These beautiful, glossy nuts live in these spiky burrs–they look like scary Pokemons, lol.
Pops did the hard part. He harvested and roasted these babies for us.
To prepare, he took a sharp paring knife and scored the underside (flat belly) and roasted them at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
To create the Chestnut puree, take 2 cups of your roasted Chestnuts, 1/2 c Sugar, 2 c Water and bring it to a boil on low for another 25-30 minutes. Cool, blend (or blitz in a processor), and strain through a sieve
- 4 Room Temperature Eggs
- 2 c Sugar
- 1 c Canola/Veggie Oil or Melted Butter
- 2 c Unbleached Flour
- 2 ts Baking Soda
- 1½ tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- 1 tsp Fine Salt
- 2 c Chestnut Purée
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- In your first bowl, blend together your Eggs and Sugar. Slowly pour in your Oil/Butter.
- In your second bowl, sift together all of your dry ingredients: Flour, Baking Soda, Spices, and Salt.
- In three separate additions, tip your second bowl into your first bowl to combine, taking care not to over mix.
- Lastly stir in your purée and splash in your Vanilla.
- Bake in a well greased loaf pan at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
Check out my friend, Choc Chip Uru (she’s a teen prodigy!) It’s where this yummy Chestnut Bread is hanging out.
I also have a fun giveaway to post…cookies, chocolate, and candy–oh my! All by the great makers of deliciousness at Newman’s Own Organics.
Super Dark Chocolate Bar 70% (my fave)
Rainforest Alliance certified, this bar is smooth and intense and 100% organic.
Chocolate Crème Newman-O’s (a billion times better than oreos)
Double chocolate action with crisp and buttery wafers, sandwiching velvety chocolate crème.
Ginger Hermits
Christmas in your mouth and even the raisins are organic. Softly spiced and stuffed with real fruit, these bars are melt in your mouth (great for breakfast or dessert)!
Pomegranate Licorice Twists
I love the old-timey packaging and love the soft and tender pomegranate kissed twists even more.
I’ll be using a random generator to pick the winner of all these sweet treats, all you have to do is be subscribed to my new youtube channel, like my new facebook page and follow me on twitter. Don’t forget to leave your email address in the comments below.
Love and sweet holy moly,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
Angela, I get a kick out of the way you write — and bake! (Saw your guest post on Go Bake Yourself and had to visit!) Although I’m not here for the giveaway (sweet as it is), I just wanted to say howdy and Happy Holidays!
That is the sweetest thing ever! Howdy back and I hope you and yours have an amazing Holidays!
Newman-O’s! I cannot express to you how much I love Paul Newman.
Not to mention what a hoooottie he was!
I didn’t realise that that is how chestnuts grow. That is awesome! They do look like pokemons
Gotta catch em all?
all of ‘em =)
I so love the scary pokemon comment. Chestnuts are soo good and I will devour anyhting sweet made with chesnut puree. The loaf looks amazing.
lol, it’s automatically what I thought of when I looked at it.
Great looking loaf!
Thanks =)
Beautiful plant with wonderful nuts! I LOVE chestnuts Angie! Even our little doggie we dig sit for( My great nieces dog ) her name is chestnut. Your DAD is quite a guy! Delicious sounding recipe thanks for sharing. Have a great week end!
Love.
Les.
That’s so cute! Hope you enjoyed yours, Les!
I Loved it!! I love any ting9 I -E CHESTNUT mashed potatoes ) chestnut Angie.
This bread looks so good. Wish I could get chestnuts here. I just found raw peanuts, after about 15 different stores…geesh!!
That’s so cray-cray. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with =)
I saw your lovely chestnut bread on CCU’s blog – it looks sooo yummy and moist! and I had no idea that chestnuts looked like that before they were harvested heheh you learn something new every day!
I was kinda shocked too, lol.
I’ve never seen chestnuts with all those spikes on them!
First time for me too.
I saw you on Uru’s blog, I was excited! But super jealous of your chestnuts. This giveaway is so fun! I meet all of the qualifications-woohoo! vraklis@yahoo.com
That is perfect + awesome =)
Thank you for this yummy and perfectly delicious guest post my friend it was awesome
And love the delish goodies!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Happy and yummy all around =)
Thanks so much for posting that picture of the chestnuts before they are extracted from the nut. i had no idea that they had a green covering on them. Your bread sounds gorgeous and just perfect with a cup of tea. Have a super weekend. BAM
I know I had like 4 slices with tea, latte, almond milk…(I don’t discriminate) haha
Uru is fantastic, isn’t she?
Her focus is incredible!
Fresh chestnuts are a bit of work. But boy, are they worth it for a true taste of the season.
I second that!
Hi Angie, wow… love your giveaway. Excellent… look so good.
Your chestnut cake look mouthwatering. The cinnamon with nutmeg sure paired very well, can imagine your kitchen must be very fragrant while you baked this cake. I love the roasted chestnut, nice to munch when go nothing better to do.
Have a squishy weekend, cheers!!
or if you’re me…stuffing bits into your mouth every 2 seconds haha
I can’t say I’ve ever had a chestnut?
they’re lovely. soft and sweet…it’s incredible straight up after they’ve been roasted and still hot.
Thanks for doing another awesome giveaway! Your Dad is so sweet. :]
Woops I didn’t mean to rate it haha
LOVE pops! Thank YOU Tiana for the rate (in any event) =)
Love it. Chestnuts ARE the best. Will try your beautiful loaf as soon as I can get some Thanks for posting this. And your goodies look yummy too! Have a very merry CHRISTMAS!
A very merry Christmas to you!!! =)