These Pumpkin Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls go well alongside a multitude of meals – from soup to salad, from chilli to cheese. I always make a batch or two of these for Thanksgiving dinner. I can make them a day in advance and cook them fresh when I need to.
Start by making the dough from pumpkin puree, heavy cream, milk, egg, sugar, cake flour, bread flour, yeast, and salt. Prove once, then mix again. Shape the dough into 16 little rolls and prove for a second time before cooking. Immediately after you take the rolls from the oven, brush them with sugar water syrup. Yummy!
To make Pumpkin Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls, you will need the following ingredients:
Place the pumpkin puree, heavy cream, milk, egg, sugar, cake flour, bread flour, yeast, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer with the dough hook attached. Mix on the lowest setting for about 15 minutes. Occasionally stop the mixer to push the dough off the hook.
Take the bowl with the dough. Cover and leave to prove in a war place for one hour.
Grease a baking pan on all sides with cold butter. I use a 9x13 inch pan but you could also use a square 11x11 inch pan.
Place the dough bowl back in the electric mixer and mix for 5 more minutes to get remove any air bubbles.
Divide the dough into 16 equal balls. I use my kitchen scale to ensure the dough balls are the exact size. Arrange the balls in the greased pan. Allow about half an inch of space between them on all sides. Cover and leave in a warm place to prove for an hour until the buns grow to 1 ½ times their original size.
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Brush the dough balls with egg wash. Sprinkle some pumpkin seeds on each one.
Bake the rolls in the oven for 16-18 minutes until they are golden brown on top.
While the rolls are still hot from the oven, brush them with the sugar water syrup to add shine, rich color and sweetness.
Serve warm.
These Pumpkin Dinner Rolls will make a great addition to your Thanksgiving table. Try them soon and make sure you tag all your Thanksgiving photos with #cookmerecipes this year.
