Bread Recipes
Bacon and Sweet Potato Biscuits
with Smoky Honey Butter
Prep: 20 min | Bake: 45 min | Yield: 12 biscuits
Ingredients
Biscuits
- 2 slices bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4 inch strips
- 1 medium orange-fleshed sweet potato, or 2 small sweet potatoes
- Sweet potatoes (14 to 16 ounces total), peeled
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon allspice
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes and chilled
- 1 cup buttermilk, (low-fat is okay)
Honey Butter
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Salt
Instructions
- Wrap the sweet potato with a damp paper towel and microwave on high until very soft, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Transfer to a bowl, mash with a potato masher, and set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile, in a medium skillet over medium heat, cook the bacon until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes.
- Use a slotted spoon to transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate, then set aside to cool. Carefully set aside 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings from the skillet.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda, salt, and allspice and pulse a few times. Add the cubed butter and pulse to make a coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and gently mix in the bacon, buttermilk, and 1 cup of the mashed sweet potato (save any remaining potato for another use).
- Transfer mixture to a floured work surface and knead a few times to form a dough. Pat the dough to about 1-inch thick, then gently fold in half. Gently repeat 4 more times. Roll the dough out to 3/4 inch thick, then use a floured 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter to cut dough into biscuits, arranging them on the prepared baking sheet. Gather the scraps and repeat to make a total of 12 biscuits.
- Bake until the biscuits are browned and a tester comes out clean, 15 to 18 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine the softened butter, honey and reserved bacon drippings, mixing until smooth. Add salt to taste.
- Serve the biscuits with the honey butter on the side.
Notes
If you’d like, you can substitute the flour, baking powder, sugar, baking soda and salt for 3 cups biscuit mix. Split biscuits in half horizontally and add sliced ham for a savory sandwich.
Nutrition
Per 1 biscuit (using low-fat buttermilk) and 2 1/2 teaspoons honey butter): Calories: 260 calories Protein: 4 grams Fat: 17 grams Sodium: 370 milligrams Cholesterol: 45 milligrams Saturated Fat: 10 grams Carbohydrates: 24 grams
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
National Pork Board