Recipe: Perfect Sweet potato fruit scones

Sweet potato fruit scones.

You can have Sweet potato fruit scones using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sweet potato fruit scones

1. Prepare 1 cup of Self-Rising Flour.
2. You need 1 of medium sized sweet potato.
3. It's 1 teaspoon of Baking powder.
4. You need 1/4 Cup of salted Margarine.
5. It's 2 tablespoon of castor sugar.
6. Prepare 2/3 cup of milk.
7. You need 1/4 cup of raisins or sultanas.

Sweet potato fruit scones instructions

1. Boil the sweet potato. deskin, mash and let cool a bit in a bowl.
2. Preheat the oven to 200 degree celcius.
3. Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl, rub in margarine using your fingers.
4. Stir in the sugar and sultanas.then add milk a little at a time while mixing to a stiff dough with a fork. Be careful not to overmix as that can make the scones 'tough' (not soft and crumbly as they should be)..
5. Add the mashed sweet potato and mix in well till no lumps are felt.
6. Turn dough onto a floured surface and roll out to about 1/2 inch thick..
7. Cut into heart shape or rounds (as the traditional ones)using a cookie cutter.
8. Brush with melted butter /margarine on the surface(optional).
9. Place on baking tray and bake for about 10 minutes, or until scones are risen and golden.
10. Let cool and store airtight.
11. Enjoy it with your breakfast, tea/coffee...