on Nov 07, 2024 27 Comments This sweet potato biscuit recipe is a favorite of my grandmother’s. She let my sister and I help her make them throughout the year, especially during fall and winter. They are perfect for breakfast and brunch and to serve alongside your turkey and cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving! Grandmother made her sweet potato biscuits with sweet potatoes that she would boil and then mash. While they were always incredibly delicious, and I make them that way from time to time, I also love to make them using baked sweet potatoes. I find that it deepens the sweet potato flavor and makes the biscuits even richer.
How to Make Sweet Potato Biscuits Recipe
I love to serve these biscuits hot with butter and honey. For breakfast or brunch, they are also delicious with baked ham.
Sweet potato – You will need a cup of mashed sweet potato. I love to use a baked sweet potato (a great way to use leftovers!) for a deeper, sweeter flavor, while my Grandmother always used boiled sweet potatoes for her biscuits. Either works fine! See my notes below on how to use Grandmother’s method. Milk – I use whole milk in this recipe. Flour – This recipe uses all-purpose flour. Baking powder – You’ll use baking powder as the leavening agent in these biscuits. Salt – The salt helps enhance and balance this recipe’s flavors. Sugar – The sugar also enhances the sweetness of the sweet potatoes without making these biscuits too sweet. Butter – Mixed into the biscuit dough and then brushed on top of the biscuits for baking.
Storage Tips
To store leftovers. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 to 4 days. To make ahead. Prepare as directed and store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days. Reheat and serve. To freeze. Prepare and cool. Store in an airtight, freezer-safe container for up to 6 months. Thaw, reheat, and serve.
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Pro Tips
Use baked sweet potatoes for a deeper sweet potato flavor in these biscuits. Fold the dough for visible, flaky, tender layers in your biscuits. Butter the biscuit tops for a wonderful buttery flavor in every bite. Make extras as everyone loves them.
Here’s my family’s Sweet Potato Biscuits recipe. I hope you love them as much as we do! Enjoy!Robyn xo Originally shared in October 2011. Updated with step-by-step photographs and clearer instructions.
