Sugar-crusted Sweet Potato Biscuits

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/2 cup cooked fresh mashed sweet potato or 1/2 cup canned sweet potato
• 1/3 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 spray cookie sheet with pam.
• 3 in medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and 2t.
• 4 brown sugar; mix well.
• 5 using pastry blender or fork, cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly.
• 6 in a small bowl combine milk, sweet potato and sour cream; blend well.
• 7 add to flour mixture all at once, stirring just til moistened.
• 8 drop 1/4c.
• 9 dough at a time onto cookie sheet; sprinkle with remaining 2t.
• 10 brown sugar.
• 11 bake for 15-20 minutes, or until peaks and bottoms of biscuits are golden brown.
• 12 remove from pan immediately.
• 13 note: microwave a sweet potato until soft and then scoop out the 1/2 cup- simple!