Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Sweet Potato Biscuits


One of my favorite things to do is to post a picture on Facebook of something I have baked or cooked and then have my family and friends try to guess the "mystery" ingredient.  Last week, I put a picture of these biscuits on and while there were many good guesses, no one was able to figure out they were made with sweet potatoes!!!!  FINALLY, I stumped them :)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup cooked sweet potato, mashed
1 1/2 cups white flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold
3/4 cup milk


Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Lightly spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray and set aside. In a large bowl, put the sweet potato, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.  Mix well with a large spoon and then "cut" in the cold butter with two knives.  When the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, add the milk.  Combine well with the spoon and then put on a lightly floured board or counter.  With lightly floured hands, knead the dough about 10 times and then press out dough to about 1/4 inch.  With a biscuit cutter make 12-14 biscuits. Put on the cookie sheet and bake for 15-18 minutes or until the biscuits are starting to turn lightly brown. Remove from oven and put on wire rack to slightly cool. 

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