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Title: South Carolina Sweet Potato Tea Biscuits (Lifetime) Categories: Sweet potat, Quick bread Yield: 12 Servings 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 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 |