Butter-free Sweet Potato and Sesame Scone

Name: Butter-free Sweet Potato and Sesame Scone
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams after removing skin Sweet potato; 70 grams ●Cake flour; 100 grams ●Bread flour; 8 grams ●Baking powder; 30 grams ●Sugar; 10 grams ●White sesame seeds; 30 grams Olive oil (or vegetable oil); 1 tbsp Milk

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I've made various versions of scones based on nokko.t san's recipe "Flaky Scones Made Easy with Cooking Oil".This time I just happened to receive a lot of sweet potatoes, so I thought I'd like to try a sweet potato version of the scone. It was a big success!

- You can use either olive oil or vegetable oil. I've used half and half mixtures as well.
- Oh no! I put the flour in without sifting. It'll be OK if you just mix everything in evenly in step 4.
- When spreading out the dough you can use a rolling pin but spreading it with your hands works as well.
- These scones are moderately sweet. Recipe by Kaeha

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Ingredients

8 servings

200 gramsafter removing skin Sweet potato
70 grams●Cake flour
100 grams●Bread flour
8 grams●Baking powder
30 grams●Sugar
10 grams●White sesame seeds
30 gramsOlive oil (or vegetable oil)
1 tbspMilk

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Steps

1

Peel the sweet potato, cut into 1 cm thick sections, then soak in water for 10 minutes.
2

Put the drained sweet potatoes into a heat-safe container, cover loosely with saran wrap, then microwave until a toothpick can go right through the potatoes (about 6 minutes at 500 watts).
3

Once the potatoes have become soft, mash them with a fork or potato masher while they are still hot. It's ok if some clumps remain.
4

Put the ingredients marked ● into the bowl with the potatoes then use a rubber spatula to mix together with a cutting motion. The mixture should once again look clumpy.
5

Add in the olive or vegetable oil and milk and then press firmly with your hand to form a dough ball. Take the dough out of the bowl and put onto a board that has been floured (not in the ingredients).
6

About this time, preheat your oven to 200°C.
7

Spread out the dough from step 5 until it's thickness is about 2 cm then fold over 3 times. Repeat this process about 8 times.
8

Finally, spread the dough out to about 2.5 cm thickness and then either cut into the desired shape or use a cookie cutter. Bake in the oven at 200° celsius for about 20-25 minutes.
9

When the scones becomes a delicious looking golden brown they are done♡. The scones will brown differently depending on your oven so may need to adjust the baking time.
10

I made these by using a cup to cut out the shape. They plumped up nicely and turned out quite lovely.
11

There is a banana version too!
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/146419-use-up-your-ripe-bananas-butter-free-banana-scones

Use Up Your Ripe Bananas Butter-free Banana Scones