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Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Bacon Biscuits w/ Honey Butter

A flaky and tender whole wheat sweet potato biscuit with bacon and honey butter!
Course Bread
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 1 dozen biscuits
Author Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl

Ingredients

Biscuits:

  • 1 3/4 c. white whole wheat flour
  • 3 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 8 tbsp. cold butter
  • 1 c. sweet potato puree cold (about 1 medium sweet potato, mashed)
  • 1/3 c. buttermilk or sour milk I always use sour milk because I rarely have buttermilk on hand.
  • 8 slices bacon fried or baked, and diced
  • 1 tbsp. butter melted

Honey butter:

  • 4 tbsp. butter softened
  • 1 tbsp. honey
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions

For biscuits:

  • First and foremost, make sure to cook and mash the sweet potato, and cook the bacon, if not already done so.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. Blend well.
  • Using a grater, grate the cold butter into the flour mixture.
  • Mix until coarse and crumbly.
  • In a small bowl, combine sweet potato, and buttermilk or sour milk, and stir it into flour mixture, along with the diced bacon, until just combined. Do not overmix or biscuits will be tough.
  • On a lightly floured surface, shape dough into a large ball, and flatten into a round and even disk, about 1-inch thick.
  • Using a floured 2-inch biscuit cutter, cut out as many biscuits as possible. Reshape remaining dough gently to cut more biscuits until no dough remains.
  • Butter a 9x13 pan, and arrange biscuits in pan about 1 inch apart. Brush with melted butter.
  • Bake at 425 degrees for 18-22 minutes, or until golden brown on the edges.

For honey butter:

  • In a small bowl, combine butter, honey, and cinnamon. Mix until well-blended.
  • Serve with warm biscuits. Enjoy!

Notes

-I prefer white whole wheat flour to regular whole wheat flour. It's still a whole grain but has a less gritty texture, and more mild flavor.
-We love center cut, thick cut, low-sodium bacon, but any bacon will work. I like to make it in the oven for the easiest clean-up and most even cooking. Use a jelly roll pan or baking pan with edges, cover with foil, and bake the bacon at 400 degrees for about 15-18 minutes, flipping halfway. Drain on paper towels, and just throw away the foil.
-For sour milk, add a splash of vinegar to regular milk. Roughly a teaspoon for each half cup.