sweet potato biscuits

   

   

Yummy sweet potato biscuits that go great with salty ham or quiche.

Sweet Potato Biscuits

from Martha Stewart Living Magazine

1 lb. sweet potatoes

2 1/1 c. all-purpose flour

4 t. baking powder

2 Tbl. sugar

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

8 Tbl. cold butter, grated

1/4 c. half n’ half or buttermilk

Preheat oven to 400*.  Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven until soft, 1 hour.  Mash the sweet potato and set aside.  Mix the dry ingredients and grate the butter (freeze the butter for 10 minutes) into the flour.  Mix the cold milk into the cold sweet potatoes.  Add the sweet potatoes to the flour mixture and stir to incorporate.  Add more milk if the mixture is too dry.  Place the dough on a floured surface and pat out to 1/2″.  Cut and bake for 12-16 minutes, until they brown on top.