Yeast Biscuits

INGREDIENTS:

1 tablespoon yeast
1⁄4 cup water
2 1⁄2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1⁄2 cup shortening
1 cup buttermilk (OR 1 cup milk, soured with 1 tbsp vinegar added)


DIRECTIONS:

Dissolve yeast in water, set aside.

Mix dry ingredients in order given; cut in shortening until the size of small Lima beans.
Stir in buttermilk and yeast mixture.

Cover bowl with towel and let sit until ready to use. (At least 1 hour, but it is fine if it sits for a couple hours.) Dough will be very sticky.

Scrape out onto well floured board.

Flip over and knead lightly (4-6 times).

Roll out and cut with biscuit cutter.

Place on greased pan and let raise slightly (10-30 minutes).
Bake at 400 F until light brown, 10-12 minutes.

By Windchime

Candied Sweet Potatoes

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup dark brown sugar
1⁄4 cup water
2 tablespoons butter
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
4 sweet potatoes, boiled & peeled (I prefer to bake for richer flavored potatoes)

DIRECTIONS:

Boil sweet potatoes in skins for 15 minutes, rinse with cool water and remove skins.

Mix brown sugar and water in sauce pan, and boil together for 5-minutes, stirring frequently forming a syrup.
Add butter and stir until dissolved. Add salt and remove from heat.

Cut sweet potatoes in quarters lengthwise with cut side down in a
greased 9"x12" baking dish.

Pour syrup mixture over the sweet potatoes, cover them and bake at a 350° F oven for 60-minutes.

Baste sweet potatoes with syrup in the pan.

Turn them over every 10-minutes.

Remove from oven.