Sweet Potato Biscuits
 
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Here's my favorite version of an Eastern Shore traditional sweet potato biscuit!
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Recipe type: bread
Cuisine: Eastern Shore
Serves: 18-20 biscuits
Ingredients
  • 2 c. all purpose flour
  • 1 T. baking powder
  • 1 t. salt
  • 3 T. granulated sugar
  • ¾ -1 t. freshly grated nutmeg~optional, but highly recommended!
  • ¼ c Crisco/coconut oil-in solid form
  • 2 c. (or more~her words) warm, mashed sweet potatoes
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Whisk together the dry ingredients.
  3. Cut in Crisco/coconut oil into flour mixture using pastry blender or a couple of forks.
  4. Blend in sweet potatoes using a wooden spoon.
  5. Drop dough from large scoop onto parchment paper.
  6. OR...
  7. Flour your hands and roll dough between your palms to smooth out; place back on pan.
  8. Both versions are delicious!
  9. Bake at 425 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
Recipe by My Dragonfly Cafe at https://mydragonflycafe.com/sweet-potato-biscuits/