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Sweet Potato Biscuits

Sweet potato biscuits melt in your mouth. The slight sweetness, flaky texture, and slightly crisp bottoms are heaven on earth. Better yet, you can make a batch in under 30 minutes.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings: 12 biscuits
Course: Baking
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup of cooked mashed sweet potatoes (not sweet potato casserole!)
  • 2 tablespoons of white granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 4 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 1/2 stick of salted butter cut into small slices
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon you may omit if you wish
  • a pinch of salt if you use unsalted butter, use 1/2 teaspoon
  • 2 tablespoons of milk

Method
 

  1. Set your oven at 450° to preheat.
  2. Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Break up any "lumps" in the dry goods.
  3. Add the sweet potatoes and butter to the flour mixture. Use the pastry tool to mix all into a soft dough. Depending on the "softness" of your dough, you can add the milk if it is dry. Normally, about two tablespoons of milk is all you will need. This largely depends on how "wet" your potatoes are.
  4. Form the dough into a ball. Turn it onto a pre-prepared silicone baking mat, lightly coated with flour.
  5. Roll the dough into a 1/2" thickness and cut them with the biscuit cutter. As you cut, you can "rework" the scraps into the mixture.
  6. Put each biscuit onto greased baking sheet or an ungreased stoneware sheet.
  7. Place the baking sheet into the oven. Bake for 15 minutes, or until the bottoms become slightly golden brown.
  8. Remove and cool on a platter.