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





