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Sweet Potato Biscuits with Cinnamon Honey Butter

Fluffy, soft, and a hint of sweetness these sweet potato biscuits are as unique as they are delicious. Serve them with this decadent cinnamon honey butter for a brunch treat!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Holiday
Servings 12

Ingredients

For Sweet Potato Biscuits

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup 1 stick cold butter (either thinly sliced or diced)
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 cup cooked and mashed sweet potato small sweet potato
  • 3/4 cup whole milk

Cinnamon Honey Butter

  • 1 cup softened butter
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder

Instructions

  • Start by making the cinnamon honey butter.
  • In a medium-large size bowl, add one cup softened butter, cinnamon, and honey.
  • With a hand mixer or whisk, mix butter on medium speed, one to two minutes until fluffy and well incorporated.
  • Transfer butter mixture to a small bowl or container. Refrigerate until ready to serve. (Can be refrigerated for up to two weeks)
  • For the biscuits, start by peeling and dicing the sweet potato.
  • In a small saucepan add sweet potatoes and just cover with cold water.
  • Over medium-high heat, bring sweet potatoes up to a boil.
  • Boil until sweet potatoes are soft.
  • Strain from water and mash with a fork, Set aside to cool
  • In a food processor, add flour, baking powder, cornstarch, and salt.
  • Gently pulse or whisk ingredients together to combine.
  • Next add in stick of butter, pulse again until the mixture becomes crumbly (like coarse sand).  Alternatively, you could cut the butter into the flour mixture with a fork or pastry cutter.
  • Add in the reserved sweet potato, then milk. Either mix or pulse until the entire mixture forms together into a ball.
  • On a lightly floured surface, gently turn dough onto the surface
  • Knead dough just to barely into a ball.
  • With a rolling pin or hands, press out dough until 1 ½ - 2 inch thickness.
  • Using a biscuit cutter, cut biscuits out. Repeat rolling into a ball and out into thickness, then cutting biscuits until no dough is left.
  • In a small, greased baking pan add biscuits until touching.
  • Preheat oven at 350 degrees farenheit.
  • Meanwhile, melt 1-2 tablespoons of the cinnamon, honey butter
  • With a pastry brush, glaze the top of the biscuits with cinnamon honey butter (can also use a simple egg wash).
  • Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

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