Recipe

Sweet Potato Hobgoblin Biscuits

Sweet Potato Hobgoblin Biscuits

Makes 12 biscuits

Ingredients

  • 2 medium sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 Tbsp. light dry malt extract
  • 2-1/4 cups sifted flour
  • 1 Tbsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 Tbsp. Hobgoblin Ale
  • 1 Tbsp. pure maple syrup

Step by Step

Heat oven to 375° F. Measure 1 cup of sweet potato puree into a
bowl. Add butter, brown sugar and malt and beat until smooth. Sift dry
ingredients together and add alternately with the buttermilk to the
potato mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Transfer the
dough to a well-floured board. Knead 5 to 6 times and roll to 1-inch
thickness. Cut out with a round or fluted cookie cutter of roughly
2.5-inch diameter. Place on a parchment-covered baking sheet. Combine
the beer with the maple syrup and brush onto the biscuits. Bake for 20
to 25 minutes until golden and puffed. Serve warm with whipped butter
and drizzled with maple syrup.

Issue: November 2000

When our children were little, this was the only way we could
convince them to eat sweet potatoes. If you want to maintain the
tradition of sweet potatoes on the holiday table, try these delicious
biscuits (just don’t tell the kids what’s in them). These are quick and
easy to make. Just boil and mash the potatoes the day before. Makes 12
biscuits. This recipe can easily be doubled.

Tess and Mark Szamatulski, owners of Maltose Express in Monroe, Connecticut