Sweet Potato Biscuits are a great source of vitamins and minerals. This delicious biscuit recipe uses sweet potatoes as the main ingredient.
The biscuits are flaky, fluffy and just like grandma used to make them.
Sweet Potato Biscuits recipe
Course: breakfastCuisine: BiscuitsDifficulty: EasyServings
5
servingsPrep time
15
minutesCooking time
20
minutesCalories
345
kcalTotal time
35
minutesIngredients for the Sweet Potato Biscuits recipe and steps for cooking Sweet Potato Biscuits
Sweet Potato Biscuits Ingredients
1 cups of flour
1 cups of whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of sugar
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1 tablespoon of baking powder
6 tablespoons of cold butter
1 cup of cooked sweet potato flesh
1 cup of buttermilk (or plain milk combined with a couple teaspoons of vinegar)
Sweet Potato Biscuits Directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Pulse together the flour (salt, sugar, baking powder and baking soda) in a food processor.
- Add the butter and pulse until it is in pea-sized pieces.
- Remove the mixture from the food processor to a large bowl.
- Add the buttermilk and puree the buttermilk/potato mixture in the food processor until it is completely smooth.
- Stir the buttermilk/spud mixture into the dry ingredients, mixing only a few more times.
- Pat the dough out flat and fold it over onto itself several times.
- Flour your hands and a cutting surface and gently pat the dough into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut the dough into squares or rectangles using a pizza cutter or knife.
- Place the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake them for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and leave the cookies in the oven for another 5 minutes.
- Let cool before serving.
