I should be a commercial for chestnut flour. I just love it when I find a new paleo-friendly ingredient! I honestly don’t know why more paleo people don’t cook with chestnut flour. I adore it because it combines the best of three worlds: the nuttiness of other nut flours, the starchiness of more traditional gluten-free flours, and the classic flavor of whole wheat flour. It’s perfect used in conjuction with a bit of coconut flour (for thickening) for those who wish to avoid almond flour.
Last night when I couldn’t sleep, I was thinking about how awesome it would be to make chestnut flour pancakes. Just what everyone thinks about when they can’t sleep, I know. Anyway, this morning I still thought it would be awesome, so I set to work! I just told my mom that it was for school. Which it is, because I’m learning stuff! Like how awesome chestnut flour is!
These pancakes taste nutty and are fluffy, moist, and not eggy at all; perfect with butter and real maple syrup! Whipped cream would be good too, but you didn’t hear it from me. 😉
- eggs – 4
- canned full-fat coconut milk – 1/4 cup
- chestnut flour – 3/4 cup
- coconut flour – 1/4 cup
- salt – 1/4 teaspoon
- baking powder – 2 teaspoons
- apple cider vinegar – 1 teaspoon
- Whisk eggs. Whisk in coconut milk. Beat in flours and salt. Stir in baking powder and vinegar. Pour by 1/4 cupfuls onto a hot oiled griddle. Cook until bubbles form and pop. Flip and cook until lightly browned. Serve and enjoy!
Could I use Casava flour
Probably not because they are pretty different flours. You might be able to use almond flour though.
These look AMAZING!! The only problem is my egg allergy:( Any suggestions?
I don’t know that you could sub eggs in this recipe, but you might check out these pancakes: http://cookituppaleo.com/aip-pancakes/
What a great simple recipe. Cooking them was even more easy. They browned so wonderful. Everyone in the house was more than pleased. I did not change nothing it just does not need it.
Very easy to make! I am learning more how to cook and this recipe was very easy to follow. So much better than boxed or microwavable pancakes that you buy from the store.
Fantastic pancake recipe! It was fast, super easy (easy to put the mix together and easy to flip perfectly in the skillet), and it was very tasty. I put a half-scoop of Quest “All-Purpose” protein powder in with the mix to give my body-builder boyfriend an extra nutrition-boost for the morning, and they still baked-up nicely. New breakfast favorite at our place… Thanks for posting this recipe! 🙂
water chestnut or Italian chestnut flour?
Italian 🙂
I just bought my first bag if chestnut flour and I look forward to trying these. Are there other chestnut flour recipes you can recommend?
Hi Renee,
Chestnut flour is amazing! My cookbook has a really amazing chestnut flour roll recipe in it, and here are some other chestnut flour recipes from around my blog: http://new.new.cookituppaleo.com/?s=chestnut+flour&relation=any&cat=0&level=&serving=&timeneeded= Enjoy!! 🙂
It would be helpful if you could add grams/ounces to your recipes as well as cups, for those of us that are not in America/Canada, who would like to follow your recipes, as we have no idea what size your cups are. I am going to give these a go and guesstimate the gram/ounce weight and see what happens. :<
1/4 cup coconut milk = 2 ounces = 56 grams.
1/4 cup flour = 1.1 ounces = 31 grams.
3/4 cup flour = 3.3 ounces = 93 grams
1 teaspoon liquid = 1/6 ounce = 5 grams
Source for flour conversions: http://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/flour_volume_weight.html
I can’t guarantee that these are totally accurate because the flour conversions are for normal flour, but I think they would be a good place to start. Hope that helps! 🙂
I just made these for me and my sister, my mom, and my dad. These were the best Paleo pancakes I have ever tasted!! They tasted just like cake they were so moist and fluffy. This recipe is a extreme keeper thank you!! I’m so glad I found out about chestnut flour!!
That’s so awesome! It makes me so happy that you enjoyed them so much! 🙂
I just made these pancakes for breakfast today. First time cooking with chestnut flour. They came out absolutely GREAT!!! Fluffy and soft. Not dense like many other baked goods I’ve done with the other nuts flours. This is a keeper. Good job Heather. I’ll be trying more of your recipes!!!! Thanks 🙂
Thank you so much I am so glad that they turned out so well!!! 🙂