Sweet Potato Biscuits

Sometimes I’ll stumble onto a recipe and wonder how on earth I never thought of it before. Take these sweet potato biscuits. I love sweet potatoes. I love biscuits. I should have thought of this genius combo ages ago. But good thing some other smarty pants chef did, cause now that I’ve had them I can tell you they are freakin awesome.

If you want to wow your Thanksgiving guests, totally make these bad boys.

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup whole milk
1 cup baked, mashed sweet potato {about 1 medium potato}
1 stick unsalted butter, frozen
Heavy cream, for brushing the tops

Directions

Preheat oven to 400F.

Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix milk and sweet potato until combined.

Grate frozen butter and toss with dry ingredients until butter is coated. Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix just until dough forms. Knead on a floured surface just until dough comes together {do not over knead or over mix dough. The dough is not supposed to be sooth}.

Carefully form dough into a circle and use a floured rolling pin to roll dough to a thickness of about 3/4 inch. Using a biscuit cutter, cookie cutter, or glass, cut the dough into rounds. Gather leftover dough into a circle, re-roll, and cut again until all dough has been used {makes approx 8 large biscuits}

Place biscuits on a baking sheet, brush tops with heavy cream, and bake 12-15 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. Enjoy.