Sweet Potato Biscuits
Ingredients:
2 C flour (a combination of whole wheat pastry and unbleached white is great)
1 T baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 T cold butter
1 C skim milk (or nondairy milk)
1 C mashed or pureed sweet potatoes
1 T maple syrup or honey
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium-sized bowl. Cut the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter or two knives - the mixture should look like coarse meal. Mix together the milk, sweet potatoes, and maple syrup or honey. Pour into the flour mixture and stir with a fork until the mixture just comes together. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead, using a light touch, until the dough is fairly smooth. Use a little more flour if the dough is too sticky, remembering that short and gentle kneading will give you the most tender biscuit. Pat the dough out to a thickness of 3/4 to 1". Cut with a 2" biscuit cutter. Place on a lightly oiled cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes, or until just golden. Serve hot! Makes approximately 20 biscuits.