Snow!

Yesterday we got our first snow fall of the year and in celebration we made sweet potato biscuits and watched White Christmas ~

                  Olive's Sweet Potato Biscuits

1 C. flour

1/4 C. wheat germ

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

4 Tablespoons butter (cold)

1 C. cooked and mashed sweet potatoes

~ 1/2 C. milk (add very slowly, sometimes I need less)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Sift or whisk together dry ingredients. With a pastry blender add butter and incorporate into flour until the mixture has the consistency of cornmeal. Add the sweet potato and slowly 

stir in milk a little at a time.  You might not need all of it, just make sure

that the dough is stiff enough to roll and cut.  Ball dough and place on 

clean and floured surface.  Pat until dough is about 1/2 inch thick. 

If you don't have cookie cutters, mason jars work great!  Place biscuits

on parchment paper covered pan and place in oven for 20-30 minutes until golden brown. 

After removing from oven, immediately butter tops of biscuits and serve hot with maple

syrup.  YUM. 

* This recipe makes about 6 large biscuits.  If you want to double the recipe, use 5 teaspoons baking powder and use just a little more milk ~ the sweet potatoes make the dough nice and moist.