Sweet Potato Biscuits

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 sweet potato, large baked, peeled and mashed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees. combine all dry ingredients and mix well.
• 2 cut butter into small pieces and add to flour mixture. using your fingertips, work the butter into flour until the mixture is the consistency of corn meal.
• 3 in a separate bowl, combine milk and sweet potato. mix well. add this liquid to dry ingredients. mix until just combined.
• 4 turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. pat out dough to half-inch thickness. with a sharp biscuit cutter, cut out rounds, trying to have the fewest scraps possible. place dough rounds, touching, on an ungreased baking sheet. re-form scraps and cut out again. bake 8 to 10 minutes, until golden brown.