Farm to Fork 2023 Platter of Sweet Potato Scones over Pork Sausage Gravy topped with egg and goat cheese.

Sweet Potato Scones

Our Farm to Fork 2023 Scones

Sweet Potato Scones

Ingredients

  • 2.5 c Flour
  • 1/3 c Brown Sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking powder
  • .5 tsp Baking soda
  • .25 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Rosemary with flour microwave 1 min, finely chopped
  • .5 tsp nutmeg grated
  • .5 c cold unsalted butter Can use some bacon fat
  • .5 c Sweet potato puree
  • 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
  • .5 c Buttermilk
  • 6 slices Bacon cooked and diced
  • 1 tbsp Heavy cream (for brushing top)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400.
  2. Pulse first seven ingredients together in a food processor with dough blade. Add butter to processor and pulse (or using a pastry blender or 2 forks) until mixture is crumbly.
  3. Mix together vanilla, buttermilk and sweet potato puree. In a bowl, add wet ingredient to dry and mix until just combined. Add chopped bacon.
  4. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead gently 8 to 10 times until ingredients are evenly distributed. Pat dough into two rounds approximately 1 inch thick. Cut each round into 10 triangles.
Sweet potato scone dough in a round cut into 10 triangles.
  1. Place on a baking sheet with silpat or parchment. Leave room for them to expand. Brush tops with cream.
  2. Bake for 15 minutes or until browned and risen.