Yam and Honey Biscuits

I first started making these favourite biscuits at Fort Steele Heritage Town where my family and I volunteered when we lived in the area and even lived on the property as caretakers for a summer. We made them like everything we made in the old kitchen -1890’s style, by hand and in a wood stove. I still make them in a wood stove at our property in Northern BC. Nothing better than one of these biscuits on a cool rainy day up there. These biscuits are so amazing. I find they freeze well. I’ll then just reheat in the toaster oven.

You can half this recipe if you prefer.

Yam and Honey Biscuits

• 1 1/2 cups Yam
• 2/3 cup Honey
• Few tbsp either Lemon, Orange, or Grapefruit Zest
• 4 cups All Purpose Flour
• 2 tbsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter (or butter substitute)

1. Preheat oven to 400’F
2. Peel and roughly cube yam. Boil to soften or roast if you prefer. Drain and put back in pot. Add honey and zest and mash together. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly.
4. Add stir warm yam and honey mixture and mix well. The warm yam and honey mixture will soften the butter making it easier to mix. Knead only a couple times after the dough has come together.
5. Flatten the dough out on the counter with your hands to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut with a biscuit or cookie cutter. lay out on a ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat until all the dough is used.
6. Bake in oven for 12-18 min until slightly browned on the bottom. Delicious!! Try *not* to eat them all before the rest of the family get to try them.