SWEET POTATO BISCUITS SOUTHERN LIVING RECIPES

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Biscuits can be a finicky business. If the butter isn't cold enough and if the liquid ingredients aren't right, the biscuits will come out dense and flat. This is sadly the pitfall of many sweet potato biscuit recipes. While the sweet potato flavors these biscuits, many recipes don't account for the added moisture which weighs down the biscuit, preventing it from becoming fluffy and thick.Our recipe is different—we mix mashed sweet potato into buttermilk so it absorbs easily into the biscuit dough as it's coming together. We also freeze the biscuits once they've been cut and placed in the pan, allowing the butter in the dough to become firm again before baking. This step gives the butter the opportunity to create steam inside the dough when it's introduced to the high temperature of the oven, causing the inside of the biscuit to lift and become fluffy. A simple egg wash gives the outside of each biscuit a golden brown top while the light orange of the quick bread hints at the cooked sweet potato in the biscuit. With only a slight touch of sweet potato flavor, these biscuits are incredible when eaten with butter and honey. But don't let that suggestion limit you. We promise these biscuits are just as good served with eggs, bacon, cheese, and any other breakfast biscuit topping you can find.

Provided by Micah A Leal

Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup mashed sweet potato*
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon water

Steps:

In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt until well combined. Using a pastry cutter or your hands, cut butter into flour until only a few pea-size pieces remain. In a separate bowl, stir together buttermilk and sweet potato until homogenous. Add to dry ingredients and use a spoon to mix ingredients together until a shaggy dough forms. Flour your hands and press the dough together until all of the dry ingredients in the bowl are incorporated into 1 large dough mass.
Line a 9-inch round metal cake pan with parchment paper and grease with cooking spray. Transfer dough to a well-floured surface. Press the dough down and use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to a 3/4-inch thick disc. Using a 3-inch round cutter, cut out 1 biscuit from the dough and place it in the center of the prepared cake pan. Cut out 4 more biscuit rounds from the dough and place them around the perimeter of the cake pan, allowing them to touch each other and the center biscuit. Reroll the dough scraps to 3/4-inch thickness, and cut out remaining 2 biscuits. Fit them snuggly in the cake pan so all of the biscuits are touching (6 biscuits should be surrounding the biscuit in the center). Transfer to the freezer for at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk together the egg yolk and water. Brush the surface of each biscuit evenly with egg wash. Bake until the tops have become golden brown and the biscuits have baked all the way through, 40 to 45 minutes.

SWEET POTATO BISCUITS RECIPE | ALLRECIPES

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This recipe makes a wonderfully light and fluffy biscuit. A great way to use up those leftover mashed sweet potatoes. Makes a delicious sandwich with a slice ham, or simply topped with butter.

Provided by POOTER301

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Biscuits

Total Time 20 minutes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Yield 8 biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
¾ cup mashed sweet potatoes
¼ cup milk

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in the shortening until pieces of shortening are pea-sized or smaller. Mix in the sweet potatoes, and enough of the milk to make a soft dough.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and roll or pat out to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into circles using a biscuit cutter or a drinking glass. Place biscuits 1 inch apart onto a greased baking sheet.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 117.8 calories, CarbohydrateContent 19.2 g, CholesterolContent 0.6 mg, FatContent 3.6 g, FiberContent 0.8 g, ProteinContent 2.3 g, SaturatedFatContent 0.9 g, SodiumContent 446.9 mg, SugarContent 2.7 g

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