Sweet Potato Honey Biscuits

DIRECTIONS

• If using sweet potato or yam from a can, make sure to rinse the syrup from it before mashing.
• If using a freshly-baked sweet potato, peel, mash, and let cool before using in recipe.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
• With a pastry blender utensil or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Stir in the mashed sweet potato, half and half, and honey to make dough.
• Turn out the dough onto a floured surface.
• With floured hands, knead the dough lightly a few times to bring the texture together.
• Roll or pat dough evenly to make it 3/4-inch thick.
• With a floured 2 3/4-inch round biscuit cutter, cut into 8 rounds.
• You will need to gather scraps and re-roll to get 8 rounds.
• Place rounds on prepared baking sheet with a flat spatula and bake 20 minutes or until golden.
• Transfer to wire rack and let cool.
• Good served with ham, cheese, and honey mustard!