pumpkin dinner rolls

Today Caitlin will be making sweet potato chili and this will be my contribution to our lunch.   It is a new recipe, from pinterest, and it will be an opportunity to use some of the pie pumpkins that we grew this summer in the garden.   Last night I steamed a pumpkin and pureed the flesh.  There is enough for this and at least two more pumpkin recipes or the extra can go in the freezer.

These are the ingredients that I will be using to make the pumpkin rolls.

I realized when I started putting the ingredients together that the melted butter was still in the microwave and didn't make the picture.  :)

the water and yeast in the bowl of the stand mixer

adding the pumpkin puree, the eggs, sugar and butter

flour, salt, spices are incorporated with the dough hook

after five minutes a nice dough is formed

the dough is placed in an oiled bowl

 I placed the covered bowl under my undercabinet lights where it is a little bit warmer.

first raising

doubled in size

After raising the dough is shaped into rolls and allowed to raise again.  I moved the dough to the counter and kneaded it slightly in order to gather it into a ball.  I then cut the dough ball in half and then cut each half into five sections.

I greased the bottoms and sides of two cake pans.

I shaped each of the pieces of dough into a roll and placed five rolls in each cake pan.

I covered the pans with a clean dish towel and they are allowed to raise another 25-30 minutes.  The dough is a pretty color and smell a little like pumpkin pie.

Here they are ready to go into the oven.

The bake at a 350° for 20 minutes.

Here are the finished rolls.  We served our with a little honey butter.  This was the first time making these and we thought these were really good.  Tender with a nice flavor.  A keeper for sure.

pumpkin spiced dinner rolls

1/3 cup lukewarm water

1 Tbsp active dry yeast

4 Tbsp butter, melted and slightly cooled

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 cup pumpkin puree

2 eggs, lightly beaten

4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Whisk together the water and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer and allow to stand a minute or two.  Add the butter, sugar, pumpkin puree and eggs and whisk just until combined.  Mix together the flour, salt and pumpkin pie spice.  Using the dough hook on low speed incorporate the dry ingredients into wet ingredients.  Allow the dough to mix for five minutes.  It should come together into a slightly sticky dough.  Add a couple more tablespoons of flour if too sticky.  Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover.  Allow to raise until double in size, approximately 1 hour.  When doubled in size cut  the dough into ten roughly equal pieces.  Place five pieces in each of two 8 inch round cake pans.  Allow to raise, covered another 25-30 minutes.  Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.  Makes 10 large rolls.

Source: adapted from this recipe