Jan 192011
The night before the wedding I had everyone back to our place for a BBQ cookout that included some gorgeous roasted sweet potatoes. We had about five left over so I pureed them and then went in search of what to do with them. I found sweet potato cakes and muffins but then came across a biscuit recipe that did not call for eggs and seemed pretty easy. I subbed the regular flour for gluten free baking flour and made my daughter some biscuits. She really like them so I had her help me make another batch with some super ripe bananas we had on hand.
Tip: For the banana version simply sub 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas which worked out to about three.
Tip: When forming the dough be sure to coat your hands in flour as well to prevent sticking.
Tip: Don’t add all the milk at once. You don’t want the dough so soft you can’t form it into balls. If this happens, no worries, just use a tablespoon to form a sort of cookie shape and bake normally. Remove from oven when brown. (Even I couldn’t mess these things up).
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Both Standard and Gluten/Dairy Free options in printable recipes
***3 WW Pts Plus
(See full nutrition info below for both gluten/dairy free version and standard)
Both Standard and Gluten/Dairy Free options in printable recipes
***3 WW Pts Plus
(See full nutrition info below for both gluten/dairy free version and standard)
Gluten/Dairy free Printable Recipe
Standard Printable Recipe
Standard Printable Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups gluten free all-purpose flour, such as Bob’s Red Mill
6 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp turbinado sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 Tbsp Earth Balance buttery spread
1 1/2 cups pureed roasted sweet potatoes (skins and all)
1/2 cup rice milk
1 tsp cinnamon
Additional turbinado sugar for sprinkling (optional)
Directions
1.Preheat the oven to 400F.
2.Whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon sugar and salt. Add the Earth Balance in small pieces and whisk to incorporate into dry mix. Add in the sweet potatoes, and enough of the milk to make a soft dough.
3.Turn dough out onto a floured surface and roll into large ball. Cut in half, then each of those in half, and so on until 16 pieces are formed. Roll into balls and place on two baking sheets covered in parchment paper. Press bottom of glass dipped in flour onto top of each biscuit to form a uniform round shape. Dust with additional sugar if desired.
4.Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts for Gluten and Dairy free
***3 WW Pts Plus
16 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 110.1
Total Fat 3.3 g
Saturated Fat 0.9 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.4 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.9 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
Sodium 306.3 mg
Potassium 0.4 mg
Total Carbohydrate 19.5 g
Dietary Fiber 1.9 g
Sugars 4.9 g
Protein 2.1 g
Vitamin A 73.1 %
Vitamin B-12 0.0 %
Vitamin B-6 0.0 %
Vitamin C 1.9 %
Vitamin D 0.0 %
Vitamin E 0.1 %
Calcium 12.0 %
Copper 0.0 %
Folate 0.0 %
Iron 2.9 %
Magnesium 0.1 %
Manganese 0.0 %
Niacin 0.0 %
Pantothenic Acid 0.0 %
Phosphorus 3.8 %
Riboflavin 0.0 %
Selenium 0.0 %
Thiamin 0.0 %
Zinc 0.0 %
Nutrition Facts with all purpose flour, unsalted butter and 2% milk
***3 WW Pts Plus
16 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 110.7
Total Fat 3.0 g
Saturated Fat 1.9 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.9 g
Cholesterol 8.4 mg
Sodium 277.0 mg
Potassium 21.3 mg
Total Carbohydrate 19.0 g
Dietary Fiber 0.9 g
Sugars 4.7 g
Protein 2.3 g
Vitamin A 75.6 %
Vitamin B-12 0.1 %
Vitamin B-6 0.0 %
Vitamin C 1.9 %
Vitamin D 0.8 %
Vitamin E 0.3 %
Calcium 11.9 %
Copper 0.0 %
Folate 0.0 %
Iron 6.0 %
Magnesium 0.1 %
Manganese 0.0 %
Niacin 4.0 %
Pantothenic Acid 0.0 %
Phosphorus 3.9 %
Riboflavin 3.1 %
Selenium 0.1 %
Thiamin 5.0 %
Zinc 0.0 %
***Please note that when I state “allergy free” this is my attempt at gluten, egg, dairy, soy, peanut and cod fish free which are the allergies my daughter has. I am not a doctor or registered dietitian.
It's rare to find a biscuit recipe with such good wholesome ingredients…and that still tastes delicious! Thanks for posting this! I'm kind of in love with it.
Sweet potato leftovers aren't really something you'll find around my house, but it would be worth baking up some extras just to make these. I once made a sweet potato bread and it was awesome, so I'd love to try it in biscuit form!
I swear I say the same thing all the time – but yum. Those look great. I have to agree with Tasha though, never leftover sweet potatoes
They look fantastic.
What a great way to use leftover sweet potatoes. I imagine they added the perfect amount of sweetness to these delectable biscuits. Thank you for sharing another nutritious and delicious recipe with me. Many blessings to you today!
what a great recipe! can't wait to try this–and ww points?! that's awesome
Making from sweet potatoes cookies is something that has never crossed my mind. They look beautiful.
What a great recipe to use leftover sweet potatoes. My daughter absolutely loves them, I'll try this recipe tomorrow, I am sure she'll love it. Thank you.
These look so good! But I have to agree with what someone said above … sweet potato leftovers are rare in our house.
If you don't have left over sweet potatoes you can use the ripe banana…..we usually don't have any sweet potatoes left over either. the only reason was because we had a whole tray of beautiful broiled sweet potatoes and some people didn't eat any. Can you imagine!? Oh well…more for me.
Dawn, it's times like these where I wish I knew something about baking. Never would I look at a sweet potato and think to myself 'biscuits!' This is brilliant, and they look and sound fantastic …
I just took these out of the oven, they smell so good! My daughter drinks goat's milk, so I used that instead of the rice milk. Thank you so much for the recipe, I'll definitely be trying the banana version too since we always seem to have a few over ripe bananas on the counter.
Perfect with the goat milk! (Actually I should try that with my daughter since I'm starting to wonder if she is building a rice allergy.
Oh and Rich, don't let me fool you. I am most definitely not “a baker”. I usually just jump in and hope it doesn't come out dry as a bone or a puddle of mush. I have actually messed up those cookies you just break and bake. I'm getting a little better. I guess I need to work on it more. Haha.