These sweet potato biscuits are fluffy, flaky, and filled with fall spices. They have a subtle sweetness that is perfectly balanced with a hint of warm spices. If you don't want to microwave the fresh sweet potatoes, roast them in a 400 degree oven for about an hour. They'd be a great alternative to regular dinner rolls for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Fall is upon us, and what can be better than the smell of a sweet potato biscuit baking in the oven? Mix sorghum molasses with butter (or honey with butter) and apply liberally! These are great with country ham.
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Recipe Cuisine: American Recipe Category: Biscuits Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients :
- 2 - 3 medium sweet potatoes
- yielding 2 cups of packed flesh
- 4 cup(s) self-rising flour
- 3 tablespoon(s) granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup(s) unsalted butter
- cold
- 1/2 cup(s) buttermilk
- 2 tablespoon(s) brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) ground ginger
Intructions :
- Take sweet potatoes
- pierce the skin with a fork several times
- and cook on high in the microwave until the flesh is tender and syrupy. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- While still warm
- scoop out 2 packed cups of flesh.
- In a mixing bowl
- blend the sweet potato flesh
- buttermilk
- brown sugar
- and spices with a hand mixer. Blend until smooth.
- Whisk flour and white sugar together in a second bowl.
- Cut in cold butter with a pastry blender until the mixture contains small pea-size pieces of butter.
- Add sweet potato mixture to the dry ingredients a little at a time.
- Stir until a soft dough comes together. Add more buttermilk a little at a time if necessary.
- Turn out on a lightly floured surface and roll out to about 3/4 thickness.
- Cut out biscuits and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. (Or if cooking outdoors
- lightly grease the bottom of a #14 Dutch oven
- preheat it to 425 - 450 degrees F
- and then place biscuits in the bottom. Watch closely to keep from burning the bottoms of the biscuits.)
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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