Sweet Potato Drop Biscuits
photo by Annes Kitchen
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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12 large biscuits
- Serves:
- 6-12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups unbleached white flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh nutmeg
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut in 1/4-inch cubes and chilled in freezer
- 1 cup sweet potato, cooked and mashed*
- 1⁄2 cup plain yogurt (or buttermilk)
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar (or agave nectar)
directions
- Preheat oven to 425Ëš.
- Sift dry ingredients together into food processor. Pulse to blend. Add cold butter and pulse several times, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Turn mixture out into mixing bowl.
- Combine sweet potato, yogurt and sugar or agave nectar in processor and run for several seconds to blend thoroughly.
- Add sweet potato mixture to flour mixture and stir together briefly, just until all flour is incorporated and dough forms a ball. (Mixture may be sticky.) Do not overwork the dough.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Using a cookie scoop—either ½ or ¼ cup capacity—scoop uniform mounds onto sheets. You can get 5 large or 10 small biscuits onto each cookie sheet.
- Bake until biscuits are set and just start to brown: about 20 minutes for large and 15 minutes for the small size.
- These are best served hot (with butter if desired). They can be reheated on a baking sheet for 5 minutes at 400Ëš: good as new.
- * Use 2 small-to-medium sweet potatoes baked whole for 1 hour at 375Ëš and scooped out. I also made this w/ 1 giant sweet potato (1 1/4 cup): excellent! Very sticky batter, but biscuits were light, moist and nicely peppery.
- Makes about 12 medium or 24 small (bite size) biscuits.
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Reviews
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These were delicious and so easy. The hint of spice from the cayenne really adds to the flavor. We enjoyed them sliced and topped with a little apple butter. I used a 1/3 cup scoop for the biscuits and they're good size - but note that I only got 7 total biscuits. So obviously you would get a few more if you used a 1/4 size scoop - but the 1/2 cup scoop would make for a huge biscuit and not even 7 per batch.