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Sweet Potato Biscuits

gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/05/20, 04:20 PM Noirutla sent this to me here at work. :) I know the all purpose flour & margarine are bad. Any suggestions on things to try as an alternative to these? I'll probably use Splenda instead of the sugar and olive oil instead of the cooking spray. I love baked sweet potatoes and this sounds like a great way to give some variety. Sweet Potato Biscuits 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tbsp. baking powder Dash salt 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg 2 cups fresh sweet potatoes (yams), cooked and mashed or 2 (15 oz.) cans sweet potatoes, drained and mashed 4 tbsp. light margarine, melted 1 tsp. vanilla Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; stirring well. In another bowl, combine sweet potatoes, margarine, and vanilla; add to flour mixture stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Sprinkle flour on a work surface (waxed paper). Turn dough out on floured surface and knead about ten times. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness; cut into rounds with 2 inch round cutter. Place rounds on baking sheet coated with nonstick cooking spray. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden. Makes 2 dozen. -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything.
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/05/20, 11:46 PM I will try this one, printing it up right now, thanks for the recipe, Ron loves trying new things. -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!! THE NATURAL WAY IS THE ONLY TRUE PATH TO SUCCESS, PRIDE, JOY, HAPPINESS, LONG TERM FULFILLMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM!
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/05/21, 07:36 AM I made them last night. Dont forget the baking powder like I did. LOL! Man they were dense! -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything.
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/21, 08:16 AM Yummy sounding...Kev loves sweet potatoes...Thanks Gwin
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/05/21, 09:22 AM They remind me of pumpkin bread. Noirutla hated them. LOL! He doesn't like pumpkin stuff at all. I think it's the nutmeg. :p I thought they weren't half bad. But they were VERY dense without that baking powder. -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything.
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/21, 09:29 AM Pumpkin huh? Not too bad...I'm not terribly fond of nutmeg either... allspice (BLAHK!) is worse...Could probably leave out the nutmeg..??.. I've heard a little about almond flour but have not been able to locate any....better for you than all-purpose, I wonder?
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/05/21, 02:42 PM For thickening I use brown rice flour. I wonder if that would work. We eat a sweet potaotes about once a week and this sounds really good. I wonder what the nutrition facts are, though. (I'm driving my family nuts with that statement...lol)
jefado Posts: 443 Joined: 2003/04/03	2003/05/21, 02:45 PM That's also another product I don't believe I've seen in my regular supermarket-"brown rice flour". Did you purchase it at a health food or bakery store?
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/05/25, 02:34 PM This is normally purchased at health food stores. They have great flour. We use oat flour alot. -------------- As far as genetics go, the skies the limit. You are limited only by your mental perception of it. Ron
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/05/25, 03:40 PM Nutritional facts according to the source of the recipe: Per serving: CAL 93.24 FAT 1.59g PROTEIN 1.807g CARB .83g CHOL 0mg SODIUM 88.59mg -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything.
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/05/25, 04:01 PM gwindalyn, Today I tried your recipe and while I was mixing it up I had a few thoughts of my own and did a little modification to it. Instead of 4 tbsp. light margarine, I used 4 tbs of Virgin Olive oil. and instead of the vanilla I used 4 scoops of vanilla protein. Instead of sugar I used 8 packets of sweetner. Then I scooped it out with a melon baller and dropped the scoop into a mini muffin pan. I always like to try new things and being a diabetic all of these modifications started because of the 1/4 cup of sugar. It made 36 mini muffins. I hope you don't mind but they did turn out great and I am looking forward to having them with my coffee in the morning. Ron did the math on them and it would be 44 calories per mini muffin, 1.3 protein, 5.8 carbs. -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!! THE NATURAL WAY IS THE ONLY TRUE PATH TO SUCCESS, PRIDE, JOY, HAPPINESS, LONG TERM FULFILLMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM!
gwindalyn Posts: 434 Joined: 2003/01/15	2003/05/26, 08:41 AM Don't mind at all. I also used Olive Oil and Splenda instead of margarine and sugar. And I used stone ground wheat flour from a local mill instead of all purpose flour. I left in the vanilla though. :) -------------- ~Jennifer http://www.gwindalyn.com If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/05/26, 10:05 AM I must say these are addicting! They are great. I really need to hide these from myself. Thanks to you gwindalyn for the recipe, and of course thanks to you Sandy for making them! -------------- As far as genetics go, the skies the limit. You are limited only by your mental perception of it. Ron
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/05/27, 01:04 PM Ok, I'm drooling. Gonna have to try these. jefado-We actually have a decent health food section in our local Basha's grocery store. That is where I got the flour. They also have rice pasta which isn't bad either. We live in a small community and the nearest 'health food store' is 45 min away so I try to find what I need here. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...Some things have to be believed to be seen!