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sweet potato biscuits

Sky-High Sweet Potato Biscuits

These buttery orange Sky-High Sweet Potato Biscuits are perfect for bringing to a holiday potluck, and this recipe ensures that they always come out lofty with flaky layers. Less is more with these biscuits- avoid overworking the dough to keep the biscuits pillowy and tall.
Course Bread
Cuisine American, Southern
Servings 6 large biscuits

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour (240 g)
  • 3 tsp baking powder (12.6 g)
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar (25 g)
  • 1 tsp salt (4.2 g)
  • 1 large sweet potato, peeled and chopped
  • 8 tbsp cold butter (114 g)
  • ½ cup buttermilk (118 ml)
  • 2 tbsp melted butter, for brushing (30ml)

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, brown sugar and salt. Set aside.
  • Grate the cold butter over the flour mixture and using your hands or a biscuit cutter, rub the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs. Do this quickly so the butter doesn't melt!
  • Place the cubed sweet potato in a microwave safe bowl and cover with a damp paper towel. Microwave for 4-5 minutes until soft. Alternatively, you can place the sweet potato in a steamer basket with an inch of water and steam for 8 minutes until bright orange and soft.
  • Mash the sweet potato with a fork until smooth. Mix in the buttermilk until combined.
  • Stir the sweet potato mixture into the flour mixture and mix until a shaggy dough forms. Lumps and shags are ok! This will help to form the flaky layers.
  • Turn the shaggy dough out onto a clean, floured surface and pat into a flat disk shape.
  • Gently roll the dough out until about 1/2 inch thick, then fold the dough over in half.
  • Roll the dough out and repeat the folding process again another 2 times. Be sure not to overwork the dough as this can result in hard, flat biscuits.
  • Fold the dough up so that it is about 1 inch thick.
  • Using a cookie cutter or rim of a glass, cut out 6 large biscuits (you may need to re-roll and fold the dough to get more surface area).
  • Place the biscuits on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and brush the tops with melted butter.
  • Bake the biscuits at 400F (204 C) for 15-17 minutes until golden and puffed up.
  • Serve warm with butter and maple syrup.
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