Happy Thanksgiving!
While I absolutely love Christmas, I love that Thanksgiving is less commercialized and allows us to focus a bit more on the things in life that really matter. It’s that time of year when we stop and actually speak aloud the things we are grateful for in our lives.
Not to mention all the wonderful food we typically gorge ourselves with on Thanksgiving!
Before I dive in to these Butternut Squash Biscuits, I wanted to stop and take a minute to share with you 10 things I am grateful for.
10 Things I’m Thankful for this Thanksgiving
- Josh, he is my constant strength and offers a love beyond my understanding.
- My family, the bond we have with a love that pulls us through the good and the bad.
- A job I thoroughly enjoy, co-workers I love and clients I adore.
- Good health.
- Loving and supportive friends, who care about more than the surface things.
- My sweet, sweet puppy dog, he offers nothing but love.
- My Heavenly Father, who regardless of my interaction with Him, is never changing.
- The opportunity to travel, see the Lord’s creation and meet gracious people.
- Second chances, and the freedom to mess up (like with these biscuits!)
- Each and every one of YOU who have been so kind in your encouraging words and support as I have begun this new adventure in the blogging world.
I had it in my head that I was going to take the original recipe from Pastry Affair and completely healthify it, paleo-fy it, remove any refined sugar and replace all dairy with coconut cream and oil.
You can see in my prep pictures that I have shown the coconut oil, coconut cream, coconut flour, coconut palm sugar – coconut, coconut, coconut!
As I’m sure you can imagine, I was feeling like quite the failure at this point. Josh tried one and pretended it wasn’t too bad, sweet guy. But they were terrible.
And I’m happy to say that the result was a HUGE improvement!
I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and eat lots of good food!
Butternut Squash Biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons coconut palm sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Pinch of freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup organic unsalted butter cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup butternut squash puree
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 tbsp whole milk
- Suggested Toppings: butter jam, and apple butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, spices, and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender or your hands until mixture resembles coarse sand. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together squash puree, egg, vanilla, and heavy cream. Pour over the biscuit batter and lightly mix until the dough comes together. The dough will be somewhat sticky.
- Turn out dough on a lightly floured surface, form a circle, and flatten it until it is about 3/4-inch thick. Using a 2-inch round cutter, carefully cut out biscuits. Transfer to a baking sheet using a flat spatula. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly browned.
- Serve warm!
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe adapted from Pasty Affair’s Butternut Squash Biscuits.