Sweet Potato Biscuits

Someone gave me this recipe literally years ago, and I only recently got around to making them.  I can't believe I waited so long.  The recipe is now one of our favorites!  The biscuits are essentially a traditional baking powder biscuit with sweet potato added - deliciously scrumptious!  You can roll out the dough and cut into circular biscuit shapes, but I normally go with the drop biscuit style for ease.  As leftovers, they taste surprisingly good and keep their moistness better than most breads.

Ingredients:
2 C flour
2 T baking powder
1 T + 1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4 C shortening
1 1/2 C mashed sweet potatoes
1/2 C milk (or less)

Directions:
1.) Prepare sweet potatoes by baking, steaming, or boiling -mash.
2.) Combine dry ingredients.
3.) Cut shortening into dry ingredients.
4.) Mix in the sweet potato.
5.) Mix in enough milk to form a soft dough.
6.) With a spoon, drop balls of dough onto a greased cookie sheet.
7.) Bake at 400 F for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes about 20 biscuits.