Sweet Potato and Cheese Scones
Posted in /Cooking/Breads on Saturday, September 09, 2017
I love all things sweet potato. You may not think the flavours of this go together but they do, and beautifully I might add! This is not an overly sweet scone that you might have with a coffee or tea. It pairs nicely with soup but is sweeter than a traditional biscuit.
Ingredients
250 mL Flour
25 mL Chives or green onions
15 mL Sugar
5 mL Baking powder
2 mL Baking soda
2 mL Salt
1 mL Ground black pepper
1 mL Paprika
Pinch of cayenne pepper
40 mL Chilled butter cut into 1 inch cubes
125 mL Cold cooked sweet potatoes (cubed)
60 mL Plain yogurt
1 Egg
20 mL Melted butter
Directions
- In a mixing bowl combine: flour, chives, baking powder, baking soda, salt, paprika and cayenne.
- Cut in cold butter until mixture is crumbly
- Stir in cheddar
- In a food processor combine sweet potatoes, yogurt, and eggs until smooth
- Add sweet potato mixture to the flour until just combined. Over mixing with make the dough tough.
- Turn the dough on a floured counter and gently knead 8-10 times.
- Pat the dough into a thick (2.5 cm) round pizza shape and cut into 8 wedges
- Brush the tops with melted butter and bake on parchment paper for 20-25 minutes at 375F
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