Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls

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 Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting are simply irresistible!  You won’t be able to resist these delectable pumpkin rolls, swirled with pumpkin spice cinnamon filling and cinnamon cream cheese frosting!

If you’re loving cinnamon rolls? Speaking of cinnamon rolls, you may love these Easy Quick Gooey Cinnamon Rolls, these Banana Bread Cinnamon Rolls these Lemon Sweet Rolls and these Easy No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls! YUM!

What a way to greet your mornings! These pumpkin cinnamon rolls will definitely put a smile on all those faces, even the grumpy ones rolling out of bed. LOL!

Who could resist fresh, warm and fluffy Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting? Not us!!

While the rolls were baking, the whole house was filled with a wonderful cinnamon scent and it was heavenly.  It was like we were at Cinnabon!!  So amazing.  A lot of drooling going on waiting on them to come out of the oven, let me tell you.

Can you feel the love? I could, by stuffing these pumpkin rolls right into my mouth. Homemade sweet pumpkin rolls are the best, especially these with their delish pumpkin flavor!

Ingredients We Need for Cinnamon Pumpkin Roll Recipe

Pumpkin Roll Dough recipe

• warm water 110 degrees F
• active dry yeast or instant yeast
• granulated sugar
• almond milk or milk of choice room temperature
• brown sugar
• eggs
• canned pumpkin puree
• salt
• all-purpose flour
• unsalted butter

Cinnamon Pumpkin Filling recipe

• unsalted butter softened
• canned pumpkin puree
• brown sugar
• ground cinnamon

Cinnamon Cream Cheese

• cream cheese 
• unsalted butter 
• powdered sugar
• ground cinnamon
• pinch salt

More breakfast yums? This Apple Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake and this Sinful ‘Cinnabon’ Cinnamon Roll Cake will definitely get the morning off to a good start!

Instructions How to Make Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls

Pumpkin Roll Dough

1. Sprinkle yeast and teaspoon of sugar over warm water and stir to combine. Let sit for 5-7 minutes to allow mixture to bubble and activate.
2. In a large mixing bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together yeast mixture, milk, brown sugar, eggs, and pumpkin puree.
3. Whisk salt in flour, then add 2 cups of flour to mixing bowl using the dough hook attachment to mix together. Once mixed in, add another cup of flour.
4. Continue to knead on low speed until adding softened butter one tablespoon at a time.
5. Add remaining flour and knead until dough is smooth and cleans the sides of the bowl.
6. Transfer dough to an oiled bowl.
7. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for about an hour until dough has doubled in volume.
8. Punch dough down after it has risen.
9. Sprinkle some flour down lightly, on a clean working surface and transfer the dough to it and roll dough using a rolling pin into a 20 x 14-inch rectangle about ¼ to ⅓ inch thick.

Cinnamon Pumpkin Filling

1. In a small bowl, mix together softened butter, pumpkin puree, brown sugar and cinnamon together and spread over dough.
2. Starting at the long side, roll dough into a log carefully, then slice into 12 equal parts.
3. Place rolls in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 30-45 minutes at room temperature to allow rolls to rise.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
5. Remove plastic wrap and bake rolls for 30-35 minutes until golden brown on top Allow rolls to rest for 5 minutes or so to cool slightly before frosting.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese

1. Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add powdered sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Beat until smooth. Spread over warm rolls.

Storing & Freezing Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls

• Room Temperature – Cinnamon rolls stay good at room-temperature for up to 2 days in an airtight container or wrap them tightly with plastic wrap.
• Fridge – Place pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls leftovers in refrigerator Up to one week in an airtight container or wrap them tightly with plastic wrap and microwave 30 seconds to get that just baked warm yummy pumpkin rolls smothered in cream cheese frosting!.
• Freezer – Up to 2 months in an airtight container or wrap them tightly with plastic wrap.

Check out Taste of Home’s 19 Tips for Making the Ultimate Cinnamon Rolls!  This list of tips will help you perfect the art of making cinnamon rolls.

Ok, you know what cinnamon rolls taste like, but imagine them with a hint of pumpkin! We are in Fall season, so bring on the pumpkin pie spice flavors by adding in some ground ginger, nutmeg and cloves into your pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls and enjoy!

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Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting

Kim Lange

Cinnamon Pumpkin Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting - Simply irresistible! You won't be able to resist these delectable pumpkin rolls, swirled with pumpkin cinnamon filling and cinnamon cream cheese frosting!

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Course Breakfast, Dessert

Calories

Ingredients

  

Pumpkin Roll Dough

• ½ cup warm water 110 degrees F
• 2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ⅓ cup almond milk or milk of choice room temperature
• ⅓ cup dark brown sugar packed
• 2 large eggs room temperature
• ½ cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 ½ cups + 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter cut into tablespoons, room temperature

Cinnamon Pumpkin Filling

• ⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
• 2 Tablespoons canned pumpkin puree
• ⅔ cup brown sugar
• 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon

Cinnamon Cream Cheese

• 4 oz cream cheese room temperature
• ¼ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch salt

Instructions

 

Pumpkin Roll Dough

• Sprinkle yeast and teaspoon of sugar over warm water and stir to combine. Let sit for 5-7 minutes to allow mixture to bubble and activate.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together yeast mixture, milk, brown sugar, eggs, and pumpkin puree.
• Whisk salt in flour, then add 2 cups of flour to mixing bowl using the dough hook attachment to mix together. Once mixed in, add another cup of flour.
• Continue to knead on low speed until adding softened butter one tablespoon at a time.
• Add remaining flour and knead until dough is smooth and cleans the sides of the bowl.
• Transfer dough to an oiled bowl.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for about an hour until dough has doubled in volume.
• Punch dough down after it has risen.
• Sprinkle some flour down lightly, on a clean working surface and transfer the dough to it and roll dough into a 20 x 14-inch rectangle about 1/4 to 1/3 inch thick.

Cinnamon Pumpkin Filling

• In a small bowl, mix together softened butter, pumpkin puree, brown sugar and cinnamon together and spread over dough.
• Starting at the long side, roll dough into a log carefully, then slice into 12 equal parts.
• Place rolls in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 30-45 minutes at room temperature to allow rolls to rise.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove plastic wrap and bake rolls for 30-35 minutes until golden brown on top Allow rolls to rest for 5 minutes or so to cool slightly before frosting.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese

• Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add powdered sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Beat until smooth. Spread over warm rolls.

Notes

Place leftovers in refrigerator and microwave 30 seconds to get that just baked warm yummy roll!

Keyword breakfast, cinnamon roll, fall baking, pumpkin, thanksgiving, yeast

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