Old Fashioned Homemade Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Butter

• Condiments

  • 2 tbsp Honey

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Sugar

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1 Honey butter
  • 5 tbsp Whole milk

• Other

  • ¼ cup very cold buter, cut into cubes
  • ¾ cup cooked, mashed sweet potatotes

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 and ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• ¾ cup cooked, mashed sweet potatotes
• ¼ cup very cold buter, cut into cubes
• 5 to 7 tablespoons whole milk
• HONEY BUTTER
• ½ cup butter, not margarine
• 2 tablespoon honey

Directions

• 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 its 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