Chestnut Flake

• 1 lb. chestnuts
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup

Take fresh chestnuts. With a sharp-pointed knife, slit each chestnut shell across one side. Cook a minute in boiling water. Drain and dry, add a teaspoon of butter to each pint of nuts and stir and shake over the fire, three or four minutes. Then remove the shell and skin together; keep nuts covered