Last Thursday I interviewed fiction writer Hope Toler Dougherty for my blog. Today she shares one of her favorite recipes. Check it out, and while you’re at it, go to Amazon and check out her books Irish Encounter (the heroine is middle aged, love it!) and Rescued Hearts (the suspense starts on the first page). Thank you, Hope, for sharing your recipe with us.
In Rescued Hearts, Gigi makes sweet potato biscuits for her grandson, Brett. The following recipe comes from my mother’s head, not a written page, so the amounts are my best guesses. If you want the directions with pictures to help you understand the process, visit my blog https://hopetolerdougherty.com/sweet-potato-biscuits/.
Sweet Potato Biscuits
Ingredients:
1 medium baked, sweet potato (about ¾ cup)
1-2 tablespoons sugar
2 cups self-rising four
4-5 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup buttermilk (may need more—or less)
Directions:
Combine the sweet potato and sugar.
Make a well in the flour and add the butter. Cut the butter into the flour with fingers until part of the flour resembles coarse peas. (You may want to use a pastry blender.)
Begin adding the buttermilk to the well of butter and flour. (One hand is mixing the dough, and one hand is pouring.) As you add the buttermilk, drag in more flour from the sides of the well.
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