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Down Home Sweet Potato Biscuits with Country Gravy
Down Home Sweet Potato Biscuits with Country Gravy are tender biscuits with a classic Southern country gravy!
Total Time
43 mins
Servings: 6 biscuits
Calories: 509 kcal
Course:
Bread
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
BISCUITS
- 1 sweet potato, baked (prick and bake at 375 for an hour or until soft when pierced with a fork.)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut in pieces. Make sure your butter is cold.
- 1/2 cup buttermilk, cold
GRAVY
- 8 oz country style pork sausage meat sold in a bulk package, not individual links
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- Set oven to 450F
- Cool the baked potato just slightly and then cut the baked potato in half lengthwise and, scrape out the flesh by dragging a fork along the potato, so that you get a fluffy texture. Measure out 1/2 cup and set aside.
- Measure the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into the bowl of a food processor. You can also use a pastry cutter and a wooden spoon. Pulse to combine.
- Add in the butter and pulse about 10-12 times to combine. Then add the sweet potato and pulse once or twice more.
- While pulsing, drizzle in the buttermilk, The dough should just come together as you finish adding the liquid.
- Turn the dough onto a floured surface and bring it together, kneading a couple of times.
- Pat out into a nice plump 8 inch round and cut out your biscuits with a biscuit cutter. I used a 2 3/4 in cutter for large biscuits. You will have to re-form the dough to make the last few. Try to work the dough as little as possible.
- Place on a baking sheet (I always use a silpat mat or parchment paper.) At this point I put the whole tray in the freezer, or if it won’t fit, the refrigerator, for about 10-15 minutes while I clean up. This insures that they’ll spring up nice and tall in the hot oven.
- Bake for about 12 minutes, until risen and pale golden.
- Cool slightly on a rack before devouring.
- To make the gravy, brown the sausage in a skillet, breaking it apart as it cooks.
- When the sausage is completely browned, sprinkle in the flour and cook for a minute. Add in the milk, whisking as you go, and stir until thickened. Add pepper to taste and let it bubble away gently for a few minutes.
- Ladle over split biscuits and serve for breakfast with a side of eggs and sliced tomatoes
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Nutrition Information
Calories
509kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
48g
(16%)
Protein
14g
(28%)
Fat
29g
(45%)
Saturated Fat
15g
(75%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
9g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
80mg
(27%)
Sodium
825mg
(34%)
Potassium
624mg
(18%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
6010IU
(120%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
236mg
(24%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6biscuits
Amount Per Serving
Calories 509
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 509kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 48g | 16% |
| Protein | 14g | 28% |
| Fat | 29g | 45% |
| Saturated Fat | 15g | 75% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 80mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 825mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 624mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 6010IU | 120% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 236mg | 24% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.