{"id":371,"date":"2010-11-11T01:38:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T01:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=371"},"modified":"2015-04-01T14:27:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T14:27:52","slug":"sweet-potato-biscuit-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=371","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Potato Biscuit Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michelle, here are the recipes for sweet potato biscuits I promised. Enjoy!
\nLove,
\nMom J.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. From Joy of Cooking:<\/strong>
\n Makes about 24 1 1\/2 inch biscuits
\n Preheat Oven to 450 degrees
\n Into:
\n 3\/4 cup cooked mashed sweet potatoes
\n beat:
\n 1\/4 cup melted butter
\n stir in:
\n 2\/3 cup milk
\n sift, then measure:
\n 1 1\/4 cups all purpose flour
\n Resift with:
\n 2 1\/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
\n 1 tablespoon sugar
\n 1 teaspoon salt
\n Stir the sifted ingredients into the sweet potato mixture. Turn the dough out on a floured board and toss it lightly until
\n smooth on the outside. Roll or pat it to the thickness of 1\/2 inch and cut with a floured biscuit cutter. Bake on a greased pan
\n for about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

2. From Eloise Coffin:<\/strong>
\n 3 c. mashed sweet potatoes
\n 2\/3 c. sugar
\n 1 t. salt
\n 6 t. baking powder
\n 3 c. flour
\n 3\/4 c. shortening
\n Add sugar and shortening to warm sweets. Add other ingredients. Work well and let stand at least 5 hrs. Roll out fairly
\n thick. Cut into biscuits. Bake 15 mins. in 400 degree oven.<\/p>\n

3. Paula Deen:<\/strong>
\n Ingredients:
\n 1 1\/4 cups all-purpose flour
\n 2 heaping tablespoons sugar
\n 4 teaspoons baking powder
\n 1\/2 teaspoon salt
\n 3\/4 cup mashed cooked sweet potatoes
\n 1\/4 cup (1\/2 stick) softened butter
\n 2 to 4 tablespoons milk (depending on the moisture of the potatoes)
\n Directions:
\n Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
\n Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes and butter. Add the flour
\n mixture and mix to make a soft dough. Then add milk a tablespoon at a time to mixture and continue to cut in. Turn the dough
\n out onto a floured board and toss lightly until the outside of the dough looks smooth. Roll the dough out to 1\/2 inch thick and
\n cut with a biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on a greased pan and coat tops with melted butter. Bake for about 15 minutes.
\n (Watch your oven: If biscuits are browning too fast, lower the temperature.)<\/p>\n

4. American Cooking:<\/strong>
\n 2 c. flour
\n 1\/4 c. shortening
\n 2\/3 c. sugar
\n 2 c. mashed baked sweet potatoes
\n 11\/2 tsp. salt
\n 2 tbsp. baking powder
\n 1\/4 c. milk
\n Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together; cut in shortening until mixture resembles cornmeal. Stir in sweet potatoes;
\n add milk gradually to form soft dough. Turn onto lightly floured board. Knead lightly. Roll or pat 1\/2 inch thick; cut with
\n 2-inch biscuit cutter. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 475 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

5. Makemie Church (Snow Hill)<\/strong>
\n 3 c. mashed sweet potatoes
\n 1 tsp. salt
\n 2\/3 c. sugar
\n 3\/4 c. shortening
\n 1\/2 c. milk
\n 3 tsp. baking powder
\n 3 c. flour
\n Add sugar and shortening to potatoes while warm. Then add other ingredients. Work well; let stand about 4 or 5 hours
\n before baking. Roll out fairly thick; cut into biscuits and bake 15 minutes in 400 degree oven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michelle, here are the recipes for sweet potato biscuits I promised. Enjoy! Love, Mom J. 1. From Joy of Cooking: Makes about 24 1 1\/2 inch biscuits Preheat Oven to 450 degrees Into: 3\/4 cup cooked mashed sweet potatoes beat: 1\/4 cup melted butter stir in: 2\/3 cup milk sift, then measure: 1 1\/4 cups … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-mishka","4":"post-371","6":"format-standard","7":"category-baking","8":"category-recipes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}