Sweet Potato Biscuits

[kirra]

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbs. salt
1 Tbs. baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1 tsp. cinnamon
10 Tbs. butter
2 cups mashed sweet potato (about two large potatoes roasted and mashed, with peels discarded)
1/3 cup buttermilk
extra flour for dusting

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Mix the dry ingredients and sift together. Cut in butter to make a coarse meal. Stir in sweet potatoes. Add milk and stir until sticky. Turn out dough onto a floured surface and roll to one-half inch thick. Cut with a small cookie cutter or a round glass and put on a greased cookie sheet about 1 inch apart.

Bake 12-15 minutes.

Note: Vegans can swap margarine or shortening for the butter and put 1 tsp. vinegar into 1/3 cup of soy milk to make non-dairy ‘buttermilk.’