A great way to use sweet, vitamin-rich sweet potatoes in your baking, these Sweet Potato scones are easy to make and taste surprisingly good! With a luxurious honey glaze drizzled on top, they are great side dish as well as a snack or breakfast treat.
1/3cupbutter (or 76 grams)cold, cut to small pieces
1largeegglightly beaten
1cupmashed sweet potatofrom 1 medium sweet potato or a 300 grams piece
1/3cupbuttermilk
For the Honey Glaze
1 and 1/2cuppowdered sugar
1/8cuphoney
1/4cupmilk
pinchof salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
Cut the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter until the mixture looks like a coarse meal.
In another bowl, stir together the mashed sweet potato, the buttermilk, and the egg. Pour this liquid mixture over the dry ingredients. Stir until the powders are moistened. Turn the dough over on a lightly floured board and knead briefly just until the dough comes together.
Pat and shape the dough into an 8-inch circle. Cut the circle into 8 wedges. Place the wedges in the baking sheet that is lined with parchment paper, leaving an inch apart in between them. Bake the scones at 400 F for 15-20 minutes, or until the scones are golden.
Make the Honey Glaze
Stir together powdered sugar, milk, honey and salt until the mixture is smooth. If you prefer a thicker glaze, add more powdered sugar to adjust the consistency.