sugar-crusted sweet potato biscuits

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• crisco® original no-stick cooking spray
• 2 cups martha white® self-rising flour
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
• 3 tablespoons crisco® all-vegetable shortening
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/2 cup mashed canned sweet potato or mashed cooked sweet potato
• 1/3 cup sour cream

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 17 mins Ready Time: 35 mins


• heat oven to 400 degrees f. spray cookie sheet with no-stick cooking spray. combine flour and 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar in medium bowl; mix well. cut in shortening with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• combine milk, sweet potato and sour cream in small bowl; blend well. add to flour mixture all at once, stirring just until moistened (if dough is too dry, add additional milk 1 teaspoon at a time, until dry ingredients are moistened). drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls prepared cookie sheet. sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
• bake 15 to 20 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown. immediately remove from cookie sheet. serve warm.