Sweet Potato Scones

Aroostook's Note:

Oh, my!! These are a sweet potato lover's dream! From a co-worker who was lucky enough to live in St. Thomas for a year...=)

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato
• 3 tablespoons butter , melted and cooled
• butter
• honey , if desired

Directions:

1. Grease a baking sheet; set aside.
2. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a medium-size bowl; stir in sugar.
3. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix potatoes and 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter with a fork.
4. Add dry ingredients and mix to form a soft dough.
5. Turn out onto floured surface.
6. Roll out with a floured rolling pin or pat dough with your hands to make a round about 1/2-inch thick.
7. Cut into rounds with a 2-inch fluted or plain cookie cutter.
8. Place 1 to 1 1/2 inches apart on baking sheet; brush tops with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter.
9. Bake at 400 F for 15-18 minutes until light brown.
10. Split and serve warm with butter and honey.
11. Makes about 10 scones.

Reviews

[tapatree]

These were lacking flavor. Needs a bit more sugar, butter, and maybe spices? I had to make a glaze and use a lot of it! Texture was great, though.

[Chef #781639]

Made a lovely tender dough. The final product had a nice texture but was was rather bland. If I make them again I think I will add a little spice, maybe cinnamon, to give them a little more flavour.

[Nose]

Biscuits, to Americans. These were very tender. I used yellow-fleshed Japanese sweet potatoes, which are drier than the orange kind, and half whole wheat flour, and found that I didn't need all of the flour mixture. It was easy enough to just use what I needed, though. I think these would have had more flavor and a prettier color with the orange sweet potatoes.