Thomas Jeffersons Sweet Potato Biscuits 1774 Recipes

THOMAS JEFFERSON'S SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and allspice. Add the shortening and cut in with 2 knives or hands until crumbly. In another bowl combine sweet potatoes, cream and pecans. Make well in dry ingredients and add potato-cream mixture. Mix to combine. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll out the dough to 1 1/2 inches thick. Cut out with a 2-inch floured biscuit cutter. Place biscuits 1-inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 5 minutes, then turn down temperature to 375 and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm or let cool on a wire rack until room temperature.

SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• In large bowl, mash potatoes, sugar and butter.
• In separate bowl combine dry ingredients.
• Add dry ingredients to potato mixture mixing well.
• Cover, let sit at room temperature at least four hours.
• Roll out thick (1 inch) on floured board. (If dough is too sticky, work in more flour).
• Cut with biscuit cutter.
• Place on lightly greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
• Bake in preheated oven at 400°F for 15-20 minutes.
• Serve hot with orange butter.
• Makes 2 dozen biscuits.

SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients.
• Add shortening and potato and mix thoroughly.
• Knead dough; cut with biscuit cutter (you may need more flour, as dough is sticky).
• Bake in 400 degree oven 12 to 15 minutes.
• Mrs Harold T. Cook

SWEET POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Stir together all ingredients until soft dough forms.
• Place dough on surface dusted with biscut baking mix. Roll dough in baking mix to coat. Shape into a ball.
• Knead 3-4 times.
• Roll 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut with 2 1/2-inch cutter dipped in baking mix.
• Place with edges touching on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

SWEET POTATO DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425Ëš.
• Sift dry ingredients together into food processor. Pulse to blend. Add cold butter and pulse several times, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Turn mixture out into mixing bowl.
• Combine sweet potato, yogurt and sugar or agave nectar in processor and run for several seconds to blend thoroughly.
• Add sweet potato mixture to flour mixture and stir together briefly, just until all flour is incorporated and dough forms a ball. (Mixture may be sticky.) Do not overwork the dough.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Using a cookie scoop-either ½ or ¼ cup capacity-scoop uniform mounds onto sheets. You can get 5 large or 10 small biscuits onto each cookie sheet.
• Bake until biscuits are set and just start to brown: about 20 minutes for large and 15 minutes for the small size.
• These are best served hot (with butter if desired). They can be reheated on a baking sheet for 5 minutes at 400Ëš: good as new.
• * Use 2 small-to-medium sweet potatoes baked whole for 1 hour at 375Ëš and scooped out. I also made this w/ 1 giant sweet potato (1 1/4 cup): excellent! Very sticky batter, but biscuits were light, moist and nicely peppery.
• Makes about 12 medium or 24 small (bite size) biscuits.