Sweet Potato Biscuits

I'm a good southern boy at heart...minus the lawn sofa and gun rack in my car...and I love to cook comfort food that reminds me of home.

I made sweet potato biscuits last night and they turned out amazing.  Wanted to share the recipe with you guys.

It's easier if you have a food processor. If you don't have a food processor, you can put the ingredients in a bowl and use a fork to cut the butter into the flour.

Mix the following in the processor:

2 cups of flour

2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of shortening

1 tsp. of salt

4 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of baking soda

Mix the ingredients for about a minute until the mixture looks a bit like corn meal. Then add 1 medium sized sweet potato (baked and peeled) and mix until it forms into a dough.

Remove from the food processor and into a bowl. Add two tablespoons of shortening or vegetable oil and mix with your hands until smooth. Add 4-6 tablespoons of buttermilk and mix with your hands until the dough has a nice soft but firm texture.

Roll the dough on a flat surface until it's about 1 inch thick. Use a drinking glass to cut out the biscuits. Place on a baking pan (don't grease the pan...makes the bottom of the biscuits very hard) at 450 degrees for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.

If you want to make regular biscuits, just eliminate the sweet potato and increase the amount of buttermilk to about a cup.

This recipe makes about 9 to 10 biscuits. 

Enjoy!