Sweet Potato Biscuits
Hope everyone had a fantastic holiday!
Scottie and I got in around lunchtime from Va Beach, twas a lovely trip as usual filled with lots of food, laughter and uh…adult beverages! Got lots of great stuff for Christmas, 75% of which was race/trainng related including an Augusta 70.3 race entry from Scottie! It takes place during my birthday weekend and nothing says Happy Birthday like a Half Ironman! Only 10 months to train!
Mom and I did lots of cooking as usual, including the star of the Christmas Dinner:
The 10 lbs Baby Jesus Ham! Seriously that thing was massive! My Dad’s company sent it as Christmas gift and I think we made about 3 meals out of it in 3 days and I took some home and I know Mom still has enougyh left to feed a small country….give a man a ham feed him for a week?
Mom and I talked about the weekend menu for a good 4-5 days and we both though Sweet Potato biscuits would be the perfect vehicle for day 2 of the ham, so pulled out a recipe I have had since 2002 and crossed my fingers my inner Mama Dip came through.
Well she did because these were so good! We made “sandwich” size biscuits which means they were about 4 inches in circumference, perfect for a breakfast sandwich. They were easy to make and were even better the next day! I think I am going to make more lady like sized biscuits for this coming weekend when I visit my very Southern Grandparents in Elizabeth City…oh that city girl still knows her biscuits!
Sweet Potato Biscuits
2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
4 cups self-rising flour**
1 stick butter, melted
pinch of baking soda (I omitted any additional since I made self rising flour)
1-1/4 cups milk
3 tablespoons sugar
Mix together the sweet potatoes, butter, and milk until well blended. Stir in the flour, baking soda, and sugar. Shape the dough into a ball and knead about 8 to 10 times on a well-floured board. Roll the dough out 1 inch thick and cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter.Brush with melted butter. Bake in a greased baking pan in a 400 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until brown.
Makes about 15
** Mom didn’t have self rising flour but this is what I used for the recipe:
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
December 27th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Wait. How old are you? Your mom look younger than me!
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