Southern Sweet Potato Biscuits—flaky tender buttery biscuits laced with sweet potato and a touch of brown sugar. A perfect brunch worthy biscuit.
Prep Time:10mins
Cook Time:18mins
chilling time:15mins
Total Time:43mins
Ingredients
2 1/4call purpose flour
2tbspsugar
1 1/2tbspbaking powder
1tspsalt
1/2tspbaking soda
1/2cunsalted buttercubed and chilled
1/2cwhole milkchilled
1csweet potatomashed and cooled
2tbspbrown sugar
Maple Cinnamon Butter
1/4csalted buttersoftened
1/4cmaple syrup
2tspcinnamon
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together the milk, sweet potato, and brown sugar. Chill it in the fridge or freezer for 15 minutes along with the cubed butter.
Combine all of the dry ingredients and cut in the butter. Pour in the sweet potato mixture. Work the dough into a soft ball with a pastry cutter. Dump the dough out onto to a floured surface.
Knead into a 5-6 inch rectangle and fold. Then knead and press it another 3-4 time. Roll out and cut the dough with 3″ biscuit cutter. Reshape and roll the dough again to continue making cuts. You should get 8-10 biscuits.
Place biscuits in a buttered cast-iron skillet or on a baking sheet and brush with butter. Bake for 16-18 minutes. Brush with more butter after baking if desired.
Maple Cinnamon Butter
Whip the softened butter, maple syrup, and cinnamon in a bowl. Store in the fridge in an airtight container until needed.