Sweet Potato Biscuits

I somehow got distracted from writing papers today and made some delicious recipes instead. Overall I think everyone benefited from this distraction, even me!

So it is finally one of my favorite seasons. Fall! I actually enjoy every season, but I love the food that goes along with fall the best. Time to break out the sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and cinnamon. This is exactly what I did since I was ready to embrace the spirit of fall.

One of my favorite things to eat are sweet potato biscuits. They are just delicious! Top them with country ham or just some butter, and I am in heaven! To be honest, I have actually made this recipe three (yes THREE!) times this week. That was because these biscuits went in a flash. James, my parents, and Zuzu all loved them! I had to tweak the original recipe some because it was only making about 10-12 two inch biscuits. That was just not cutting it the way these were going. Also, if I am going to eat a biscuit, I do not want a tiny "petit-four" sized one, so I made mine bigger.

Sweet Potato Biscuits:
(adapted from FoodNetwork.com)

1 1/2 cup sweet potato puree
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
8 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cup flour (all-purpose)
2-4 tbsp milk

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Combine sweet potato puree and butter in bowl.
3. Into another bowl, sift baking powder, flour, sugar, and salt together.
4. Add dry ingredients to sweet potato and butter mixture.
5. Add 2-4 tbsp of milk to biscuit dough (depending on moisture of sweet potatoes). Combine everything by folding ingredients together.
6. Flour the surface dough will be rolled out on, so it does not stick. Place dough on surface and flour top of dough.
7. Roll out dough until 1/2 inch in thickness.
8. Using a 2 1/2 - 3 inch biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits. Continue to cut biscuits until all dough is used.
9. Place biscuits on greased baking sheet (I used butter).
10. Bake biscuits about 12 minutes or until they are golden brown.

These biscuits are ready for the oven!

It's getting a little bit warm, don't ya think?!

Butter me up!

Plenty for me to share!

Positive quote of the day:

"If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely."
Roald Dahl