Email to Cilla      

Recipe Categories: cilla's HOME PAGEAfternoon_Tea Alcoholic_Substitution_List American_Can_Sizes Appetizers Apple_Uses Baking_Soda_Tips Baking_Tips Bars_From_Cake_Mix BBQ Beverages BlueberryMeasurements Bread-Muffins Breads Breads-Sweet Breads_RefrigeratedDough Bread_ABM BREAKFAST BreakfastBrunch Cakes CakesCupcakes Camping_Recipes Candy CasseroleChicken Casseroles CasserolesBeef CasseroleSeafood Casserole_Dish_Size_Chart Cheap_Ideas_For_Christmas Cheesecakes CongealedSalads Conversions_for_Marshmallows Cookies Cookies-Bars CookiesFromCakeMix Cookies_Drop COOKIE_TIPS Cooking_For_Large_Groups Cooking_For_One_Or_Two Cookin_Seniors_Favorites Copy_Kat_Recipes Crafts Crockpot CrockpotDesserts Crockpot_Conversion_Chart Desserts Diabetic Doggie_Treats Easy_Bake_Oven Easy_Meal_Of_The_Day Ethnic EthnicGerman Ethnic_Amish Fish Five_Ingredients_Or_Less Flavored_Butters FoodEquivalents Food_As_Medicine Freezer_Jams Frostings_Icings Frozen_Treats Fruit GiftsInAJar Gifts_From_The_Kitchen Gift_Basket_Ideas Grilling Grocery_Shopping_List GuestBookEntries HalloweenFoods Healthy_Meals_In_Minutes HeirloomMeasurements Herbs_Complement Homemade-Cleaning-Solutions HomemadeLiqueurs Homemade_Mixes Homemade_Remedies Jams_and_Jellies Marinades Measurements Meats-Beef Meats-Pork Microwave MilitaryPackingInfoRecipes Minute_Rice_Recipes Miscellaneous My_Area_Restaurants_Recipes Odd_Uses_For_Food Old_Mirror_Cookie_Press_Recipe Olive_Oil_Tips OvenTemperatures Pasta Patriotic_Recipes Pet_Recipes Pickles Pies Pies_Quiche PoemsSayings Portion_Sizes POULTRY Poultry Pressure_Cooker Ramen_Noodles Rice Salads_and_Dressings Sandwiches Sauces Seafood Semi-Homemade SideDishes Skillet_Dinners Snacks Soups_and_Stews SpiceSubstitutionChart StrawberryMeasurements TableofSubstitutions The_Essential_Shopping_List Uses_For_WD-40 Vegetables

Thomas Jefferson's Sweet Potato Biscuits




Source of Recipe


internet


List of Ingredients




2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 TB baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup chilled lard, cut into pieces
1 cup cooked, peeled, mashed, and cooled sweet potato
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Recipe



Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a baking sheet and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, spices, and salt. Add the lard and cut in with a pastry cutter till the mixture is crumbly. Add the sweet potato and stir till well blended. Add the cream and pecans; stir till the dough is just moist.

Transfer to a lightly floured work surface, roll out 1-1/2" thick, and cut out rounds with a 2" biscuit cutter.
Roll the scraps together and cut out more rounds.

Arrange the rounds on the prepared baking sheet about 1- inch apart and bake in center of the oven till golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

Serve warm or let cool on a wire rack.

Makes: 1 dozen biscuits.

Recipe from Biscuit Bliss