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Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuits

These homemade Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuits are tender, moist and flavourful. They are easy to make and are an excellent side dish.

Freshly baked Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuits.

The flavour combination in these Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuits is simply irresistible. The combination of sweet potatoes with rosemary and Parmesan makes these sweet and savory biscuits entirely addictive.

These biscuits are tender and moist, just the way they should be. And the deep golden colour on them is just beautiful!

Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuit cut in half with butter.

How to Make Sweet Potato Biscuits

These sweet potato biscuits come together easily. You can speed up the process of making them by cooking and mashing the sweet potatoes ahead of time.

Here's an overview of the ingredients and steps for making these sweet potato biscuits. You can find the full recipe at the end of the post.

Ingredients Overview:

  • All-purpose flour
  • Baking powder and baking soda
  • Salt and pepper
  • Nutmeg - Use freshly grated for the best taste. Ingredient can be omitted if you don't like it or don't have it.
  • Fresh rosemary - You can substitute dry rosemary, but you will need less since dry is stronger in taste than fresh. The recommended ratio is 1 teaspoon of dry for every tablespoon of fresh herbs.
  • Parmesan
  • Butter 
  • Sweet potato
  • Buttermilk - Can substitute homemade buttermilk.
  • Egg
  • Cream - Milk can be substituted.

Steps Overview:

  1. Start by cooking one cup of sweet potato. You can bake it in the oven, steam it or even cook it in the microwave.
  2. Once the sweet potato is tender mash it until smooth. Set the mash aside while you prepare the remainder of the ingredients.
  3. Add all of the dry ingredients to a bowl and whisk to combine.
  4. Cube the butter and it to the dry ingredients. Using your hands, a food processor or a pastry cutter, blend the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
  5. Add the buttermilk to the mashed sweet potatoes and combine with the dry ingredients. Mix until it just all comes together. It's important to not overwork the dough, or you will end up with tough biscuits.
  6. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead and then shape it into a circle. Cut the biscuits using a round, 2-inch wide cutter or drinking glass.
  7. Place the biscuits on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brush the tops with an egg wash (made with an egg yolk and a touch of cream or milk).
  8. Bake the biscuits in the oven for 16 to 18 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.
Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuits on board.

Serving Suggestions

Biscuits are best served fresh and while still warm. They are delicious with a smear of butter.

Sweet potato biscuits also make a great side dish and would be excellent served with a simple roast chicken, this Beef Barley Soup, or at Thanksgiving dinner as a side to a fabulous Roast turkey

Storage Instructions

Store leftover biscuits in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week. Warm in the oven before serving.

You can freeze extra baked biscuits in a freezer bag for up to 3 months. Defrost biscuits in the refrigerator overnight and warm them in the oven before serving.

And though they seem like typical fall food, sweet potato biscuits are good at any time of the year.

Enjoy!

More Sweet Potato Recipes

Sweet potato biscuits topped with sprinkling of Parmesan cheese and fresh rosemary.

Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuits

Author: Sweet and Savoury Pursuits
These beautiful and easy to make Sweet Potato, Parmesan and Rosemary Biscuits are tender, moist and just loaded with delicious flavour.
4.88 from 8 votes
Prep Time 14 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 14 biscuits
Calories 144 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ¾ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • ¼ tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1 tbsp. fresh rosemary finely chopped
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan
  • 5 tbsp. cold unsalted butter cubed
  • 1 cup sweet potato cubes cooked and mashed
  • cup buttermilk
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp. cream or milk

Instructions
 

  • Position a rack in the center of the oven and pre-heat the oven to 400°F.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add the Parmesan and rosemary and whisk again to incorporate the ingredients.
  • Add in the cubed butter and using a pastry blender or your fingers blend the butter into the flour until the mixture looks like coarse meal.
  • In a small bowl combine the buttermilk with the cooked and mashed sweet potato, whisk to blend and then add it to the flour mixture.
  • Mix the ingredients until they just come together, do not over-mix the dough or your biscuits will be tough.
  • Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead it a few times and then pat into a circle about 1-1/2 inch high.
  • Using a round, 2-inch wide cutter or glass (edge dipped in flour before cutting into dough), cut as many biscuits as you can. Gather the scraps, reshape into a disk and cut again.
  • Place the biscuits on the baking sheet. Once all the biscuits have been cut and placed onto the baking sheet, whisk the egg yolk and cream (or milk) in a small bowl and brush the tops (only the tops) of the biscuits.
  • Bake in the oven for 16 to 18 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown. Let cool for a few minutes and then serve while still warm with butter.

Notes

  1. This biscuit recipe uses a previously cooked large sweet potato. If you are starting from scratch, remember to start by cooking the sweet potato. You'll need about one large sweet potato or about one cup of cubed sweet potato to have enough for this recipe.
  2. Baked sweet potato biscuits can be frozen in a freezer bag for up to 3 months. Defrost biscuits in the refrigerator overnight and warm them in the oven before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 144kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 4gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 218mgPotassium: 184mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1595IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 111mgIron: 1.1mg
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Elena

Monday 17th of April 2017

Sweet potato and parmesan biscuits looks so delicious and easy to make! If I don't have time this weekend, my mom sure does :-)

Sweet and Savoury Pursuits

Friday 28th of April 2017

Thank you Elena, hope you enjoy them!

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Beata

Wednesday 13th of January 2016

These look fantastic, i can only imagine how well all of these flavors come together.

Sweet and Savoury Pursuits

Wednesday 13th of January 2016

Thank you! The flavours are really amazing together.

The Hungry Mum

Friday 9th of October 2015

I could eat 45 of these. Rosemary anything floats my boat.

Sweet and Savoury Pursuits

Wednesday 14th of October 2015

Wow, you really love rosemary :) Seriously though rosemary adds so much flavour to food and it really doesn't take much of it. I'm hoping to bring my little rosemary bush indoors for the winter, I hope it will survive. I really love having fresh herbs available at home.

sprinklesandsprouts

Tuesday 29th of September 2015

These look delicious! And they are packed with some of my favourite flavours. Yum! Pinning :-)

Sweet and Savoury Pursuits

Tuesday 29th of September 2015

Thank you Claire. I love these flavours as well. By the way, these freeze really well, so you can freeze any leftover and take them out another time, just warm them in the oven and it's as if you just baked them. Thanks for visiting my blog!

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