Old Fashioned Homemade Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Butter
Old Fashioned Homemade Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Butter are buttery, slightly sweet, pillowy soft and tall biscuits with a wonderully light sweet potato flavor.
Servings 9 biscuits
Calories 199kcal
Ingredients
- 1 and ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup cooked mashed sweet potatotes
- 1/4 cup butter very cold, cut into cubes
- 5 to 7 tablespoons whole milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Grease a skillet with solid vegetable shortening to prevent sticking.
- In a small bowl, whisk together sweet potatoes and 5 tablespoon milk. (you may need a little more milk, see how dry they are)
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Cut in butter with a pastry blender or fork until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Add sweet potato mixture and stir gently to combine. Add more milk if needed. You dough needs to be moist enough to stay together and firm.
- Sprinkle flour on your work surface and turn the dough onto the surface. Knead 2 to 3 times until the mixture comes together.
- Pat dough so that it's 1 inch thick.
- Cut into 2 inch round biscuits and place in prepared skillet. Bake until lightly browned about 14 minutes.
- Brush with melted butter after removing from oven if desired.
- Mix butter and honey together until smooth, serve with hot biscuits
Nutrition
Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 333mg | Potassium: 191mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 329IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 73mg | Iron: 1mg
