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Sweet Potato Biscuits with Pumpkin Pepita Butter

Name: Sweet Potato Biscuits with Pumpkin Pepita Butter
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 large sweet potato; 2 ¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon table salt; ⅓ cup shortening, chilled, cut into small pieces; ¾ cup buttermilk; 1 large egg; ¾ cup butter, room temperature, 1 ½ sticks; ⅓ cup pumpkin puree; 3 tablespoons honey; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 2 tablespoons salted, roasted pepitas

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The Strategy:

Create a spectacular autumn biscuit by folding roasted sweet potato pulp into a light, spiced biscuit dough. Bake until golden and serve warm alongside a homemade pumpkin-honey butter topped with roasted pepitas for crunch. It is a beautiful, comforting bread that brings the warm colors of the season to your table.

Makes: 12 | Total Time: 30 minutes till they're ready, plus 45 minutes to roast

Ingredients

Biscuit Dough

1 large sweet potato
2 ¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon table salt
⅓ cup shortening, chilled, cut into small pieces

Liquids

¾ cup buttermilk
1 large egg

Pumpkin Pepita Butter

¾ cup butter, room temperature, 1 ½ sticks
⅓ cup pumpkin puree
3 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 tablespoons salted, roasted pepitas

Instructions

Make dough

Preheat the oven to 400°. Pierce the sweet potato with the tines of a fork and roast until soft, about 35 to 45 minutes.
Peel off the skin and mash the pulp. Measure out ¾ cup.
Cool to room temperature.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt into the bowl of a food processor.
Pulse to combine.
Add the shortening, and pulse until the flour looks like grains of sand.
Whisk together the buttermilk, egg and sweet potato pulp.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and pulse until the dough comes together. It will be soft and sticky.

Shape and bake

Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface, and sprinkle a little flour over the top. If the dough is too wet to work with, add a little more flour.
Pat the dough into a rectangle, about 1-inch thick. Use a 3-inch biscuit cutter to twist out rounds, gathering the scraps together until all of the dough has been used.
Transfer the biscuits to the baking sheet.
Bake until the biscuits are golden, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Pumpkin Pepita Butter

Place the butter, pumpkin puree, honey and pumpkin pie spice into the bowl of a food processor.
Pulse until well blended. Scrape the paste into a ramekin or small bowl.
Sprinkle the top of the pumpkin butter with pepitas. Offer pumpkin butter for spreading onto the warm biscuits.

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Sunday Know How

"Pepita" is a Spanish culinary term for pumpkin seed; it translates to the little seed of the squash.

They the edible light green seeds of a pumpkin removed from the white hull. You can purchase pepitas already shelled, roasted and salted in the produce department of most grocery stores. They are also available raw for a different textured treat. Sunflower seeds make a good substitute in this recipe.

The Heart of the Table

These golden, sweet potato biscuits gather everyone around the table with their cozy, spiced aroma. Sharing the warm biscuits and sweet pumpkin butter makes guests feel nestled in comfort, celebrating the simple joys of autumn.

An appetizing, fresh serving of cooked Sweet Potato Biscuits with Pumpkin Pepita Butter displayed beautifully on a styled dining table.

The Art of the Host

a mouth-blown glass dressing cruet with a hand-ground glass stopper
a set of heavy-gauge, satin-finished stainless steel mixing bowls
a platinum-grade non-stick silicone baking mat for consistent heat conduction
a large, hand-thrown ceramic serving platter with an organic rim
a set of matte-finished ceramic salad plates chilled beforehand

Neighborly Grace

THE PRESENTATION: Serve the warm biscuits on a wooden trencher lined with a cream-colored cotton napkin, placing the ramekin of pumpkin pepita butter in the center.
THE POUR: Pair with a hot mug of spiced cider, or a cup of hazelnut-infused coffee.
THE VIBE: Covered Veranda. The crisp autumn air is balanced by the warmth of fresh biscuits, creating a cozy and inviting outdoor gathering.

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Sweet Potato Biscuits with Pumpkin Pepita Butter

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Pumpkin Pepita Butter

The full recipe lives in the Vault

The Heart of the Table

The Art of the Host

Neighborly Grace

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