I’m always on the hunt for snack ideas for my kids and especially love finding sugar free biscuit recipes. This one is bound to please as it only has 3 ingredients and takes 20 minutes from start to finish. Even the Boy – who as you know by now rarely eats any of my “creations” – wolfed down 3 of them!
It’s not a secret that I love finding recipes and making my own amendments to them. Most of the time that strategy works but sometimes it doesn’t and I have to admit I have failed. Other times it kind of works but the thing I ended up with isn’t exactly what I planned to make but tastes good nevertheless. This is what happened when I came across a great recipe for Sweet Potato biscuits but I didn’t have all the ingredients listed so I used what I had. The original recipe called for plain flour but I only had self-raising and it also contained corn starch (I have to be honest I don’t really know what that is!) so I just improvised and what I made ended up more like scones than biscuits – and so the 3 Ingredient Sweet Potato “Biscone” was born!!
150g sweet potato
150g self raising flour
70g slightly softened (not melted) unsalted butter
Cook the potato in the microwave (in its skin) until its soft OR peel and cut into chunks and cook in a pan of water until its soft. Peel it (if done in microwave) and mash it really well so there are no lumps. Add it to the butter and flour and using your hands mix it all together until you get a dough like substance.
Roll it onto a floured surface until about 1/4 inch thick and, using cookie cutters, cut out as many as you can. Put on a greased baking sheet or non stick baking liner and cook in oven on 190c for 10-15 minutes. Yummy!!!
Wow , but how to make dough. Don’t undanstand
Hi – just use your hands to mix up the 3 ingredients until you get a soft ball of dough like in the picture. I hope that helps? Thanks
Looks wow, wanna try….
Can we use other healthy flours like wheat or millet too?
How long can these be stored.
Hi Kavitha – yes you could use any other flour. If the flour isn’t self-raising then they will turn out more biscuit like rather than scone like. I store them in a plastic box for a day or two or I freeze them. Thanks
Thank you!
My toddler had such dun making these and is currently on his third! And my baby is just weaning and loved being included in the cookie eating!
These are going down well with my 11 month old, can they be frozen?
Hi Stefania, I make double batches of these and freeze 20 at a time in ziplock bags. They freeze and thaw really well and you can give them a brief “refresh” in a warm oven if you want but not absolutely necessary.
How long it takes thaw?
absolutely loved them! Baba loved helped cutting them, great dough, but he didnt seem to like the taste (I did though)
Thanks for your comment! Oh well at least you liked them 😊
I just made another huge double batch of these, my daughter (age 2) loves them more than anything you can buy! Using a small cookie cutter, a double quantity makes 100 little “biscones”. For some unknown reason she calls them fire-engine biscuits! Because the first time I made them I didn’t have enough butter, I substituted coconut oil and make them with that everytime now, it adds a lovely coconut flavour and also makes them suitable for vegan friends. Brilliant recipe, thank you.
oooh that sounds lovely – will try that! Thanks for the lovely message 🙂
If I substituted for coconut oil would I use the same quantity and would I melt it?
Thank you 🙂
Hi Christine, I used the same amount and the dough feels quite greasy but Mia loved the end result. In the next batch, I’ll probably do half and half or scale back the coconut oil. Yes, I would melt the coconut oil to make sure it combines evenly. Good luck 🍀
Is there anything that I can add to give them a bit more flavour?
HI you could add some grated cheddar if you wanted? Let me know what you think 🙂
Well…I’ve just made some of these biscones for my son (11m) and I can’t stop eating them!!!! I used coconut oil and I am very very happy to have found such an easy and healthy recipe (and I am not good at all in the kitchen)!!! I can’t wait to see if my son will love them tomorrow morning as much as I did !
Thank you very much
Virginia from Greece
Fab!!
This is lovely! I used coconut oil rather than butter and a mix of oats, quinoa, chia and tapioca flours rather than wheat. Delicious!
These are lovely, have you ever tried making them with other veg?
These are going down well in my house, just baking my second batch to restock the freezer
Lovely receipe thank you, little one aged 6 1/2 months enjoying them… Will try my 5 year old too thank you 🙂
I added a spoon of cinnamon when I made these. Going to add some orange zest also for extra yummy was! Great recipe, my two year old loved them!
Are these suppose to be crunchy? Mine turned out to be soft
It was yummy tho x
Delish! We made them with leftover roast squash and they were fab. Would be good with cheese, too—but that is 4 ingredients!