South Carolina Sweet Potato Tea Biscuits (Lifetime)
Categories: Sweet potat | Quick breadServes: 12 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 c All-purpose flour
- 2 c Mashed sweet potatoes or
- -yams
- 1 ts Nutmeg
- 1 1/2 c Butter OR shortening
- 1/4 c Buttermilk
- 4 ts Baking powder
- 1/4 c Sugar
- 1/2 c Chopped pecans; optional
Instructions:
1.In a bowl sift together flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Add butter
to flour and mix until you get a grainy consistency. Add mashed sweet
potatoes, pecans and enough buttermilk to make a soft but not sticky dough.
2.Knead the dough on a lightly floured board for 1 minute, then roll out
the dough to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into rounds with a 2-inch cutter or
use a shot glass or tulip shaped champagne glass.
3.Place rounds on a lightly greased pan or cookie sheet and bake in a
pre-heated 425 degree oven for 15 minutes. Serve hot with homemade jam and
butter.
Copyright credit: 1996 by Ashbell McElveen
The Sweet Potato Cafe : Links to yam recipes on the internet run by Pamela
S. Weston Wstnhouse@aol.com at http://members.aol.com/SPVine/cafe4.htm
Hanneman/Buster/MasterCook
Notes: Lifetime TV (Cable) http://www.lifetimetv.com/recipes/
Recipe by: Lifetime
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by KitPATh
1998
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