When I was hanging out in Emeril's kitchen, one of the first things he made were these stunning sweet potato biscuits. His recipe could be easily veganized by substituting earth balance for the butter, but I wanted to try making fat-free biscuits -- and with whole wheat flour, too.
Since I had such good luck using bananas instead of butter in my maple-cornbread biscuits, I thought that would work here too, since these biscuits are also sweet and any added sweetness or hint of banana would be a complimentary flavor. Boy does it ever! The slight sweetness of banana really brings out the natural sweetness in the sweet potato -- and the hint of cinnamon (<-- HH's personal touch) ties it all together beautifully.
These biscuits are just sweet enough that they taste a bit like a muffin but their texture and cute button shape is more like a biscuit. Serve them with tofu scramble, greens and a big ol' pot of Emeril's spiked tea---err coffee.
