I have made a lot of biscuits in my day, and they usually rise. So, I’m pretty confident that my basic biscuit-making skills are decent. Combine that with a new bottle of baking powder, a wet dough that I handled gently, and shaping said dough with no added flour . . . and you have to color me surprised that I ended up with flat, tender “biscuits” that looked more like hockey pucks or big cookies.
Oh, well. C’est la vie. They were tasty, however, because to the halved recipe, I added: the zest of half an orange, a pinch of cayenne, and 1/2 tsp. of allspice. If your allspice is fresh, use 1/4 tsp. Mine was ancient. So, the biscuits were flavorful, very buttery, and very flat. A culinary mystery, indeed. If you want to see what these should look like, head on over to Pink Stripes. Awesome. With ice cream, no less! These were interesting, but not on the repeat list.
Thanks to Erin of Prudence Pennywise (check out her blog – it’s a lot of fun) for picking Sweet Potato Biscuits for this week. You can find the recipe on her blog, and check out the TWD blogroll.
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Oh dear. Mine were flat, but tasty. On to better things next week!
I wish there had been a photo in the book as well b/c I am clueless what these were supposed to look like. Yours look good, though, I will say that! I liked reading about your additions, always such fun to see what creative people choose to add in, etc.
Yum you ate them with ice cream! I would so do that too! Im glad they tasted good, that’s what matters!
They do look a little like cookies.. oh well, at least they tasted good!
I’m seeing many flat biscuits today – which makes me happy that I skipped them.
Cookies are always good!
Your title cracked me up. Good idea adding the orange. I think I might do that next time.
Methinks sweet potato does not a fluffy biscuit make! Your cookies look delish, though, LOL.
Bummer. But ooh, the orange zest sounds like a yummy addition!
You crack me up – love that you called them hockey pucks in the title to the post 🙂 Your additions sound great! I think a lot of people struggled with these this week, me included.
I made mine with pumpkin, undermixed, even tried the floured towel trick and…no dice. Totally hockey pucks. Oh well.
I never like to see anyone else have problems with a recipe, but it does feel nice to have company. Mine WERE hockey pucks, not regulation hockey pucks, but good enough for a street game. Onward to the cherry torte!
Oh, hey. Thanks for the shout out. I couldn’t tell you my secret though. It was completely accidental. I only baked two.
Hockey pucks, HAAAAAAAA! Mine look like wee misshapen frisbees. You are not alone. In fact, in visiting various blogs I’d say the people who were successful were in the minority. Makes me feel less bad. 😉
funny, mine were hockey pucks too. But yours are prettier.
Darn that they came out as hockey pucks. Mine were the flattest biscuits I’d ever made too, but still good.
Hey, mine were hockey pucks, too! I just figured the vacation had affected my baking skills.
Sorry they look like hockeypucks, but the spice additions sound delicious. Besides it’s always better to have something that tastes great rather than looks great : )