Potato Drop Biscuits Recipes

TENDER POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in butter, until pieces of butter are no larger than peas. Use a fork to stir in mashed potatoes, breaking them up into chunks. Make a well in the mixture, and pour in egg, water and milk. Stir into a loose dough using the fork.
• Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and knead for 6 or 8 times so the dough holds together. Pat the dough out to about 3/4 inch thickness, and cut into circles with a biscuit cutter or drinking glass. Place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet. Brush the tops with 2 tablespoons milk.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until bottoms are golden.

PILLOWY POTATO BISCUITS USING LEFTOVER MASHED POTATO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
• Sift together the flour and baking powder into the bowl of an electric mixer, or a large bowl if mixing by hand
• Add in the melted butter, mashed potato and buttermilk and mix well until combined and a soft dough has formed and the dough clears the sides of the bowl. Add more flour if needed (but it should be a little bit sticky)
• Pop the dough onto a floured surface and shape into a rough square, about 1cm tall. Cut 9 squares out of the dough and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
• Bake for 18 minutes, until golden brown on top
• Serve straight from the oven with lashings of fresh butter and some honey. Or wait until morning, toast up and serve with some jam/jelly

POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the potatoes, buttermilk, butter and honey; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 8-10 times. Pat or roll out to 1/2-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 1 in. apart on an ungreased baking sheet. , Bake at 425° for 8-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• For the sorghum drop biscuits: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Butter a large cast-iron skillet.
• Mix both flours, the baking powder, sugar, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl with an open hand, using your fingers as a whisk. Add the shortening and use your fingertips to pinch it completely into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Using a box grater, grate the frozen butter on the large holes into the flour. Toss until all of the pieces are coated. Add the buttermilk to the flour mixture. Using your hand as a spatula, gently mix until the dough forms a shaggy mass. Scrape the dough off your hand.
• Using a large spoon or cookie scoop, drop 16 mounds of dough into the prepared skillet, spacing 1 inch apart.
• Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• For the sorghum butter: Whisk the butter in a small bowl until smooth. Whisk in the sorghum and salt until fully incorporated. Use immediately.
• Serve the Drop Biscuits warm with the Sorghum Butter.

SWEET POTATO DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425Ëš.
• Sift dry ingredients together into food processor. Pulse to blend. Add cold butter and pulse several times, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Turn mixture out into mixing bowl.
• Combine sweet potato, yogurt and sugar or agave nectar in processor and run for several seconds to blend thoroughly.
• Add sweet potato mixture to flour mixture and stir together briefly, just until all flour is incorporated and dough forms a ball. (Mixture may be sticky.) Do not overwork the dough.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Using a cookie scoop-either ½ or ¼ cup capacity-scoop uniform mounds onto sheets. You can get 5 large or 10 small biscuits onto each cookie sheet.
• Bake until biscuits are set and just start to brown: about 20 minutes for large and 15 minutes for the small size.
• These are best served hot (with butter if desired). They can be reheated on a baking sheet for 5 minutes at 400Ëš: good as new.
• * Use 2 small-to-medium sweet potatoes baked whole for 1 hour at 375Ëš and scooped out. I also made this w/ 1 giant sweet potato (1 1/4 cup): excellent! Very sticky batter, but biscuits were light, moist and nicely peppery.
• Makes about 12 medium or 24 small (bite size) biscuits.

MASHED POTATO BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix with a fork the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• With a pastry blender cut in shortening and mashed potatoes until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in milk until mixture is moistened.
• Turn dough out on floured board and knead 6 to 8 times.
• Roll out to about 1/2 inch thick and cut with biscuit cutter.
• Place on baking sheet 1 1/2 inches apart.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve warm with fresh butter or honey.