Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
 
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Serves: 16
Ingredients
Dough
  • 1 egg
  • 1 pkg. yeast
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 4 cups flour
  • ¼ cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ¾ tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp. salt
Filling
  • 4 Tbsp. butter, melted
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 Tbsp. butter, softened
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
Instructions
  1. Warm the buttermilk to 95-100 degrees F.
  2. Add the warm buttermilk to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle.
  3. Add the yeast and the sugar to the warm milk. Stir. Let the mixture stand 5-10 minutes.
  4. Add the melted butter for the dough, egg, pumpkin puree and salt to the bowl. Turn the mixture on low and mix until the ingredients are combined.
  5. With the mixture on low, gradually add the flour.
  6. When all of the flour is added, turn the mixture to medium and mix until the flour is combined with the other ingredients.
  7. Stop the mixture and change the paddle to a dough hook.
  8. Turn the mixture to medium high and knead the dough for 6 minutes.
  9. Using vegetable oil, rub a bowl with the oil.
  10. Place the dough in the oiled bowl and let it rise for 1 to 1½ hours until it is doubled in size.
  11. Roll the dough on a floured surface until it is about 16 inches by 12 inches and ¼ inch thick.
  12. For the filling, brown sugar and cinnamon.
  13. Brush the melted butter for the filling onto the dough.
  14. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar filling evenly over the dough. Leave a narrow border (about ½ inch) without filling.
  15. Roll the dough along the long edge to form a log.
  16. Press the outside edge against the log to seal it.
  17. Cut the log into 1½ inch slides.
  18. Place the cut rolls, cut side up, in a buttered baking dish.
  19. Cover the rolls with a kitchen towel and let them rise 1 hour or so until doubled I size.
  20. Bake the rolls at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
  21. Spread the cream cheese frosting (instructions below) on the warm rolls.
Cream Cheese Frosting
  1. In a mixing bowl, mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, softened butter and salt.
  2. Mix until fully combined.
  3. Stir in pecans.
Recipe by Pinot & Pie at https://pinotandpie.com/pumpkin-cinnamon-rolls-with-cream-cheese-frosting/