Monday, February 28, 2011

Sweet Potato Butterscotch Scones

I had bookmarked this pumpkin scone recipe for a rainy day (or you know, a snowstorm), and on an extra blustery day, I finally got around to making them with sweet potatoes instead of pumpkin.


I baked all of the sweet potatoes I had (5 or 6 smallish ones I think), and once they were tender, I scooped out their plump insides and pureed them. I conveniently ended up 2/3 C sweet potato puree - double what I needed for the recipe, but since the scones were so fantastic I made another batch 2 days later!


My other tiny tweaks to the recipe were:
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • no allspice 
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/3 cup soy milk instead of heavy cream
  • added butterscotch chips before adding the wet ingredients (maybe 1/4 C or so)


These were really really good, so good in fact, I think a third batch is in order!

5 comments:

K and S said...

yum! you should sell these :)

Lindsay-Jean said...

I like the way you think Kat!! :D

alison said...

Damn those look good. Bookmarking to make this weekend. Thanks!

Lindsay-Jean said...

Thanks Al! Let me know how they turn out!

Mdmslle. said...

Wow, this looks so delicious! Have to try that, thanks for sharing!