Sweet Potato Biscuits

Name: Sweet Potato Biscuits
Yield: makes about 10 large biscuits
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 1/4 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes (about 1 medium sweet potato); 1/4 cup buttermilk; 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream; Butter, at room temperature. for accompaniment

December 14, 2011

Cooked sweet potato adds body and flavor to these biscuits, but they are more savory than sweet—just right for buttering and sopping up gravy of any kind. Try them with Not Really Son-of-a-Bitch Stew (page 221), Tom Perini’s Chicken-fried Steak (page 227), or Beer-braised Short Ribs (page 222).

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