Purple Sweet Potato Scones
A deep purple experience in the shape of a moist and delicious scone! The sweet potato makes them unique and wonderful!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 8large scones | 10minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 15minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1cup cooked, mashed purple sweet potato
- 1/2cup oat milk, or other unsweetened, unflavoured plant milk
- 1 1/2teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2cups unbleached flour
- 1Tablespoon organic sugarplus a little more for sprinkling on top.
- 4teaspoons baking powder
- 1teaspoon salt
- 6Tablespoons cold vegan butter
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a pan by lining it with parchment paper.
- In your food processor, or in a mixing bowl, combine the mashed potato, the milk and the vinegar. This will make a smooth purple mixture. Put this mixture in a bowl. Clean out the processor before continuing. ( If you don’t have a food processor, make sure this mixture is whipped smoothly in a mixing bowl.)
- In a clean processor, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt by pulsing a few times.
- Add the cold butter and pulse a few more times until the butter has been evenly distributed and the mixture looks crumbly.(Or cut the butter into the flour mixture until it is evenly distributed.)
- Add the milk mixture and pulse a few more times to create a dough. Do not over mix. (If doing this by hand, stir the dry ingredients together with the wet just until the dough comes together.)
- Turn the mixture out onto a lightly floured surface and gently form into a ball. The less handling, the more tender the scones will be.
- Divide the ball in half and make two thick circles of dough about an inch thick.
- Cut each circle into four triangular scones. Place these on your prepared sheet, leaving some room between each scone. Brush each with a little milk and sprinkle with a little coarse sugar, if desired. It adds a little crunch and sparkle!
- Bake for approximately 10-15 minutes. Check the bottoms, to make sure they don’t burn. The colour makes it difficult to tell if they are done!
- Remove from pan immediately and allow to cool a little. Serve with your choice of toppings; we loved marmalade on these! Enjoy!.
Recipe Notes
These would be a sweet surprise for any purple fans. My daughter was a huge fan of purple as a youngster; I think she would have loved these!
