Sweet Potato Biscuits

Yield: 16 biscuits (serving size: 1 biscuit)

Ingredients

• 2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1/3  cup  yellow cornmeal
• 2 1/2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/3  cup  chilled butter or stick margarine, cut into small pieces
• 1  cup  mashed cooked sweet potato
• 1/2  cup  fat-free milk
• 2  tablespoons  honey

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400°.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add sweet potato, milk, and honey; stir just until moist.

Turn dough out onto a heavily floured surface; knead lightly 5 times. Pat dough into a 9-inch square; cut into 16 squares. Place biscuits on a baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until golden.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

134 (28% from fat)

Fat:

4.1g (sat 2.4g,mono 1.1g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

2.5g

Carbohydrate:

21.9g

Fiber:

1.2g

Cholesterol:

11mg

Iron:

1.1mg

Sodium:

196mg

Calcium:

60mg