Sweet Potato Biscuits

Sweet potato puree may be purchased or you can make your own. Place 1 sweet potato peeled and cut into chunks in a saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Cook, partially covered until tender (easily pierced by a knife) about 15 minutes.

Drain sweet potatoes and puree in a blender, food processor or food mill and place aside

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp. light brown sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soad
6 tbsp chilled butter,  in pieces plus additional 1/2 tbsp for topping biscuits
3/4 C sweet potato puree (see recipe made from 1 med sweet potato)
1/3 c buttermilk

preheat oven to 425 and grease an 8 inch cake pan

place the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda in the bowl of a food processor and pulse few times to blend. Distribute the butter around the bowl and plus again until mixture resembles small peas, about 10 2 second pulses

(If you do not have a food processor you can incorporate th butter by hand using a tech called cutting. hold a piece of butter between two knives and make and x with your hands. repeat until incorporated.)

In a large bowl, whisk together 3/4 cup sweet potato puree and 1/3 cup buttermilk. add flour mixture to the sweet potato mixture and stir briefly until just combined (over mixing with make biscuits dry and tough)

turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface, and knead very gently until dough comes together but is still slightly lumpy, five or six times.

shape into a disk, and use the palms of your hands to pat into an even 1 inch thickness. with a floured 2 inch biscuit cutter, cut out biscuits and close together as possible. gather together scraps and repeat to cut out more biscuits.

arrange biscuits snugly in the greased pan. brush with 1/2 tbls melted butter

bake until golden, rotating once, about 15 min