EASY Sweet Potato Biscuits Recipe | Takes Just 25 Minutes To Make

These sweet potato biscuits are slightly crisp on the outside, and soft and fluffy inside. They have a delightfully addicting sweet flavor and every bite leaves you wanting to take another. Honestly, they're just so much tastier than regular biscuits and they're surprisingly easy to make from scratch too. Just 4 simple steps - and less than 30 minutes - are all it takes to make these homemade sweet potato biscuits. 

The Best Sweet Potato Biscuits

If you're tired of plain old biscuits that lack flavor, you're going to fall in love with this sweet potato biscuit recipe!

This recipe takes traditional biscuit ingredients and adds mashed sweet potatoes - along with a few secret ingredients I'll get into below - to make one-of-a-kind biscuits that are just too good to put into words.

These sweet potato biscuits have a warm, soft center, and a perfectly crisp outside. And they're accompanied by a sweet, slightly spiced sweet potato flavor that is just addictive. Then, to make them even more delicious, I like to top the biscuits off with a slab of butter and a generous drizzle of maple syrup. 

How good does that sound?!

Also, as I alluded to earlier, as far as easy biscuit recipes go, this is about as easy as they come. They're made with just over a handful of ingredients, and 4 simple steps are all you need to follow to make 'em. Honestly, the hardest part is just waiting for these sweet potato biscuits to bake to golden brown perfection.

Speaking of baking, while the biscuits are baking, I typically use that time to prepare another dish to go with 'em. If I'm serving them for breakfast, I always make some eggs and this million dollar bacon or Bisquick sausage balls. And if I'm serving them for dinner, something as equally comforting as this chicken divan or these ham balls are two of my go-to recipes.

With that said, these sweet potato biscuits are pretty excellent served with anything you want - or just eaten alone - so feel free to enjoy however you want!

Ingredients

This sweet potato biscuit recipe is made with all baking and pantry staple ingredients, plus some mashed sweet potatoes. So, I have a good feeling that you have most - if not all - of the things you'll need to make them at home already.

Anyway, here's what you'll need to make the best sweet potato biscuits:

• ¾ cup Mashed Sweet Potatoes
• ½ cup Milk
• 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. Cinnamon Powder
• 1 tbsp. Brown Sugar
• ½ cup Cold Butter
• Maple Syrup to serve

See, that's not so bad, right? 

Now, the one thing I will say, is that I recommend making the mashed sweet potatoes ahead of time if you want to whip up these biscuits as quickly as possible. Alternatively, you could always just mash some baked sweet potatoes or any cooked sweet potatoes if you're in a pinch. Or, you could even use store-bought or homemade sweet potato puree to make these biscuits with as well. 

Now, with all of that said, if you end up making a large batch of mashed sweet potatoes - and have leftovers - you can always put them to good use by making some of my other sweet potato recipes - like these sweet potato cookies and this sweet potato pecan pie!

How To Make Sweet Potato Biscuits

Even if you've never made biscuits before, you'll find this sweet potato biscuit recipe to be a breeze.

All you have to do is mix the ingredients, knead the dough, and cut out the biscuits. And, don't be intimidated by kneading the dough, it's really easy to work with and only takes a minute or so to do. 

Anyway, let's stop wasting time and get into how to make these sweet potato biscuits!

Step 1: Prep Work

First things first preheat the oven to 350°F ( 180ºC). 

Then, while the oven is heating up, you can make the sweet potato biscuit dough. So, start by mixing the mashed sweet potatoes and milk together in a large bowl until they somewhat combine, and then set them aside.

Next, take out a food processor - or blender - and add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, brown sugar, and cold butter to it. Pulse the ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

By the way, if you don't have a food processor or blender, then you can add your ingredients to a large bowl and use a pastry cutter to chop up the butter and combine it with everything. Doing this will take a bit longer, but it should have the same effect.

Step 2: Make The Biscuit Dough

Now that the flour mixture ingredients are prepped, it's time to make the dough!

First, add the butter mixture to the bowl of mashed sweet potato and milk, and give everything a quick mix with a rubber spatula. Then, you'll want to get into the bowl with your hands and knead everything together to create a dough. And make sure you only knead it just until it just forms a homogenous dough. You don't want to overmix it. 

Step 3: Form The Biscuits

Now, once you have the dough ready to roll, line a baking sheet with paper, sprinkle some flour on top, and place the dough on the lightly floured surface.

Then, either using your hands - or preferably a rolling pin - spread the dough out until it is about ¼ inch thick. Alternatively, you can place your biscuit dough on a lightly floured surface and roll it out there before moving it to your baking sheet.

Once the dough is rolled out, use a round cookie cutter to cut out about 12 biscuits. After you cut out a few biscuits, you can form the dough back into a ball and roll it out again, so you get the most out of the dough.

Step 4: Bake The Biscuits

Now that you have your prepared baking sheet filled with the cut sweet potato biscuits, you can pop it in the oven and bake the biscuits for about 15 minutes or until they are slightly golden brown to top.

Finally, serve these fluffy sweet potato biscuits warm with some maple syrup, melted butter, or a slab of butter on top, and enjoy!

How To Store Sweet Potato Biscuits

As I mentioned, this recipe for sweet potato biscuits will make about 12 biscuits. And, honestly, whenever I make them for a family get-together, I rarely have any leftovers.

But, if you happen to save a few, these flaky biscuits store really, really well! So, if you plan on saving some you'll want to wait to put the maple syrup or butter on them.

Then, you can store the cooled biscuits in an airtight container, or wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and store them in a sealed bag with the air squeezed out. Stored this way, they'll last at room temperature for up to 3-4 days or in the fridge for a week.

By the way, if you want to keep the biscuits for longer, you can store them in the freezer for 2-3 months.

How to reheat biscuits

Now, if you're eating one of these biscuits at room temperature, they're pretty tasty as is.

But if you want to heat up a refrigerated biscuit, just pop it in the microwave for about 10 seconds, or put it in the toaster oven for a minute or two. Then top the warm biscuits with the syrup or butter and enjoy!

Oh, and if you're reheating a frozen biscuit, you'll just want to add more cook time to one of the methods above.

Wrapping It Up

Well, that's how to make sweet potato biscuits from scratch!

I know I'm a bit biased, but I think these are the best sweet potato biscuits you'll ever try. I mean, the taste and texture are just absolutely perfect, and they're so, so darn tasty.

The fact that they're so quick and easy to make is just a bonus.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these sweet potato biscuits as much as I/we do. If you give this recipe a try, leave a comment below and tell us how it went!

More Sweet Potato Recipes

If you love sweet potatoes and how versatile they are, then you're going to love some of our other easy sweet potato recipes! 

Give these a try next:

• Candied yams
• Sweet potato souffle
• Sweet potato muffins
• Sweet potato hash browns
• Sweet potato casserole
• Sweet potato pound cake

Oh, and, as always, don't forget to check us out on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok! We post new easy to make recipes on them every single day.

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