Sweet Potato Biscuits

By Beido

Ingredients

• – Recipe from “Gifts from the Christmas Kitchen”
• 2-1/2 c. flour
• ¼ c. packed brown sugar
• 1 T. baking powder
• ¾ t. salt
• ¾ t. ground cinnamon
• ¼ t. ground ginger
• ¼ t. ground allspice
• ½ c. vegetable shortening
• ½ c. chopped pecans
• ¾ c. mashed canned sweet potatoes (I used leftover cooked fresh)
• ½ c. milk

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and allspice in medium bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans.

Combine sweet potatoes and milk in separate medium bowl with wire whisk until smooth.

Make well in center of dry ingredients. Add sweet potato mixture; stir until mixture forms soft dough that clings together and forms a ball.

Turn out dough onto well-floured surface. Knead dough gently 10-12 times.

Roll or pat dough to ½ inch thickness. Cut out dough with floured 2-1/2 inch biscuit cutter.

Place biscuits 2 inches apart on ungreased large baking sheet. Bake 12-14 minutes or until tops and bottoms are golden brown.

Makes about 12 biscuits.