Sweet Potato Biscuits with Maple Butter

This one I suppose can also be called scones. Don't really know why the Southeners call them biscuits but who cares really when it is this easy to make with the exception of time consuming. Only because it take an hour to bake the sweet potato. I woke up in the morning and the first thing I did was head to the kitchen, get some foil, slap my sweet potato on it and drizzle some olive oil. Wrap it up and chuck it into the oven. Only then my morning rituals starts :)

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Maple Butter

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Maple Butter
taken from http://www.thekitchn.com


Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into cubes
1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato, cooled
1/2 cup buttermilk, plus additional as needed

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
3 tablespoons real maple syrup

How to make:
Preheat oven to 190C
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add the butter cubes and lightly mix with the tips of your fingers til you get fine crumbs.

Combine mashed sweet potato with buttermilk in and mix well.
Fold sweet potato mixture to your crumbled flour mix. You will get a well round dough that pulls from the side of your bowl. Adjust by adding a tablespoon at a time milk or flour to get a doughy consistency but still a bit on the sticky side.

You can fridge the dough for 30 minutes, but it's early in the morning and it's a public holiday. I also have a little toddler waiting for her mid morning snack so I skipped this step.

Place the slightly sticky dough on a well floured surface. Pat it out to about an inch thick with your hands. As with making scones, never roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Stamp out rounds (i used a scone stamp) and place on a baking sheet. Bake 15 mins.

This biscuits (or scones) shall not be eaten without its companion. The Maple Butter! Let cool completely and make the maple butter. Combine both butter and maple syrup in a bowl and mix. YUM!