Herb-Topped Sweet Potato Biscuits

Name: Herb-Topped Sweet Potato Biscuits
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 1 stick cold unsalted butter, diced; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 1 egg yolk mixed with 1 tablespoon heavy cream; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling; 3 Tbsps light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 454 grams sweet potatoes, scrubbed; 30 smalls sturdy herb sprigs, such as sage, thyme and rosemary; 79 milliliters whole milk

Need a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre? Herb-Topped Sweet Potato Biscuits could be a great recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 109 calories. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, flour, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 40

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Oven

Pierce the sweet potatoes all over with a fork. Set the potatoes on a cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour, or until tender.

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Sweet Potato

Potato

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool slightly. Using a spoon, scoop the potato flesh from the skins into a bowl and mash with a fork; you should have 1 1/2 cups of mashed sweet potatoes. Refrigerate until chilled.

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Sweet Potato

Potato

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Bowl

In a large bowl, mix the 2 1/2 cups of flour with the brown sugar, baking powder, salt and cayenne pepper.

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Cayenne Pepper

Baking Powder

Brown Sugar

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Cut in the butter with a pastry blender. In a small bowl, mix the sweet potatoes with the milk.

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Sweet Potato

Butter

Milk

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Blender

Bowl

Add to the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon until all of the flour is incorporated; the dough will be quite sticky. Refrigerate the dough for at least 15 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Wooden Spoon

Preheat the oven to 42

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Oven

On a well-floured work surface, pat out the dough until it is 1/2-inch thick. Using a floured 2-inch round or fluted cutter, stamp out as many biscuits as you can and transfer them to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Re-roll the scraps and stamp out more biscuits.

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Biscuits