Friday, May 18, 2012

Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Biscuits

Yes! You read right!!! Sweet potato biscuits!!! Despite the fact that I am a terrible biscuit shaper, they were super yummy! This recipe makes 12 biscuits & the nutritional information was based off of the recipe calculator at Calorie Count. It was graded as an A recipe and NO BAD POINTS! I think next time I will add a bit more sweet potato to it...just a though lol.



Ingredients

2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tbsp sugar (considering using stevia to avoid calories!)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
5 tbsp natural applesauce
1 cup sweet potatoes
1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp cinnamon *optional*

-Boil sweet potatoes until soft, then mash with a fork (w/o the skin)
-Measure out a cup of the sweet potato mixture & then mix the rest of the ingredients.
-Bake at 350 degrees F for approx 20-25 minutes.

*I made some cinnamon butter to go with them!*

Calories 100
Total fat .3g
Sat fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 109mg
Total carbs 21.7g
Dietary Fiber 1.3g
Sugars 2.8g
Protein 2.5g

Good points

Very low in saturated fat
No cholesterol
High in selenium 
High in thiamin
Very high in Vitamin A

Bad points

VERY ADDICTIVE! lol

Enjoy & bon apetite!

xo,
Nancy

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