Sweet potato biscuits
Serve sweet potato biscuits still warm with butter and honey for a wonderful treat.
Ingredients
1 3⁄4 cups flour (all purpose)
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt
1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg (ground)
1⁄4 teaspoon clove (ground)
1⁄4 cup pecan nuts (finely chopped)
1⁄2 cup sugar (plain sugar)
1⁄4 cup brown sugar (light brown sugar)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1⁄2 cup butter (cold, or margarine)
2 cups sweet potato (cooked or canned)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a baking sheet.
- Combine the mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a bowl. Set aside.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and pecans.
- Place the butter in the flour and cut into small pieces with a cold knife. Blend into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles small peas.
- Add the sweet potato to the flour mixture, stirring thoroughly until dough forms..
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until well blended, about 5 minutes.
- Roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Use a 3 inch cookie cutter to cut biscuits and place them on the baking sheet.
- Bake on the middle rack for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown..
- Remove baking sheet from the oven. Let it stand for 2 minutes, then remove the biscuits to a cooling rack.
Yield
16 biscuits
Preparation time
20 minutes
Cooking time
14 minutes
Total time
34 minutes
Notes
To grease the baking sheet, use butter, margarine or spray with vegetable oil cooking spray.
To blend butter and flour mixture, use a food processor, or a pastry blender, using a back-and-forth motion.
Place biscuits 2 inches apart on the baking sheet to allow for expansion.
Source
Sweet potatoes are grown in Alabama and they appear in many recipes. Sweet potatoes appear in many meals, as well, almost daily. Substitute butter with vegetable margarine or vegetable shortening for an all vegetarian sweet potato biscuits.
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side dishes, treats, breakfast
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