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Sweet Potato-Bacon Biscuits with Cheddar

Name: Sweet Potato-Bacon Biscuits with Cheddar
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1/3 cup butter,, cut into pieces and well chilled; 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese; 4 slices cooked and crumbled bacon; 1 cup whole milk; 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato

Sweet Potato-Bacon Biscuits with Cheddar just may be the ultimate southern biscuit. Slice one open, stuff with scrambled egg and you have yourself the most delicious breakfast sandwich.

Prep15 min
Cook12 min
Total27 min
Serves8
Rating5.0

Everything’s better with bacon right? The only thing better than something with bacon is something with bacon AND cheese. That would be these Sweet Potato-Bacon Biscuits with Cheddar.

Sweet Potato Bacon Biscuit stuffed with scrambled egg.

It’s a savory biscuit with a hint of sweetness from sweet potatoes and some brown sugar. All you have to do is slice one and place some scrambled egg in between and you have yourself an amazing bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit.

This recipe was the 2013 winner in the Sweet Potato Contest sponsored by the Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission. It was published in the most recent issue of Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine. You can’t miss it. It’s the one with Duck Dynasty on the cover. Can’t wait to try Miss Kay’s Armadillo Eggs and Root Beer Red-Eye Gravy. I always look forward to a new issue of Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine, but this one is extra special because in addition to the fabulous Duck Dynasty spread this issue contains all the sub-category winners of the Sweet Potato Contest. That’s 6 amazing sweet potato recipes. And since sweet potatoes are just about my favorite thing to cook with, that makes me one happy girl.

Sweet Potato Bacon Biscuits on a baking sheet.

But back to this recipe, the Grand Prize Winner. Harvey Morris of the wonderful food blog Baked Chicago is the creator of this recipe. And it was the grand prize winner for good reason. With the perfect combination of flavors, and don’t forget the bacon and cheese, it’s a biscuit you won’t soon forget. I love that you just cut the biscuit dough into 8 squares/rectangles. So easy and no wasted dough.

Mashed sweet potato in a bowl. — Mash baked sweet potato well with a fork until smooth.

Liquid ingredients added to dry ingredients.

Sweet Potato Biscuits

Sweet potatoes have been a staple in southern cooking for centuries and I love the slight sweetness and earthiness they add to biscuits. Sweet potatoes make biscuits a little more dense and they don’t rise as much a regular biscuits so keep that in mind.

Sweet Potato Bacon Biscuit with scrambled egg.

Serving Suggestions

Since these biscuits already contain bacon and cheese, you only need to add scrambled egg to them to have a fabulous breakfast sandwich. They also make a great side dish for a hearty stew or soup.