SWEET POTATO COOKIES

INGREDIENTS:

Sweet Potatoes ------------2

All Purpose Flour ---------1 cup of standard measuring cups

Baking Powder------------ 2tsp

Baking Soda--------------- 1tsp

Sugar -----------------------1/2 cup of standard measuring cup

Butter---------------------- 1 stick

Almonds -------------------few tbps chopped(skin removed)

Milk ------------------------1/4 cup of standard measuring cup

Orange Zest/any extract ---1/4 tsp

DIRECTIONS:

1.Wash sweet potatoes and boil in water along with its skin till it becomes tender.

2.Now peel the skin and mash it to a smooth paste.

3. See that there are no potato pieces.

4.Add flour,baking soda,baking powder,orange zest,chopped almonds to potato mash and mix well.

5.In a separate bowl mix melted butter ,sugar and mix it with the flour mixture.

6.Make a soft dough with it.Add milk if required.

7.keep it aside for 30 mins.

8.Now make big balls from the dough and roll them to 1/2 inch thickness adding flour in between.

9.Cut the dough with a biscuit cutter as shown below.

10.Place the biscuits on a greased pan and coat tops with melted butter.

11.Sprinkle with a little bit of sugar on the top.

12.Preheat oven to 450 degrees for 5 mins.

13.Place the baking plate in oven and let it bake for about 15-20 minutes.

14..Watch your oven often to see tat biscuits are not becoming brown too fast.If so lower the temperature.

15.Makes approximately2-1/2 dozen .