Sweet potato cookies
Description
The pastry is easy and quick to prepare. This unusual aromatic cookie will make a great breakfast dish. Serve the cookies with honey, butter, or ham slices. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into cubes. Cut the butter into small cubes. Cook the sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan with boiling salted water until tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
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Step 2
2. Drain the water, cool, add orange zest and mix until a puree-like consistency is achieved. Place the baking tray in the lower third of the oven preheated to 220 degrees. Grease the bottom and sides of the baking pan with oil.
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Step 3
3. Mix the flour and the next 7 ingredients in a large bowl. Add the butter cubes and mix until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
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Step 4
4. Beat 3/4 cup of sweet potato puree and buttermilk in a medium bowl. Add to the flour mixture, mix with a fork.
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Step 5
5. Place the dough onto a floured work surface and roll out into a 2.5 cm thick circle. Using a round cookie cutter or a circular mold, cut out cookies, dusting the cutter with flour after each cut. Gather the dough scraps, roll out again into a 2.5 cm thick circle, and cut out more cookies.
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Step 6
6. Place the cookies in the prepared baking pan, brush with melted butter. Bake in the oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
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Step 7
7. Cut each biscuit in half horizontally. Spread the bottom half of each biscuit with honey and butter, then top with ham slices and cover with the other biscuit half.