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Pumpkin Dinner Rolls With Cinnamon Butter

Thanksgiving wouldn't be complete without steaming rolls to pass around the table. Let's add to the holiday fun and make them extra special with the smell of warm cinamon butter and its cute pumpkin shape.
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Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 30 15

Ingredients
  

Dough

  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 packages instant dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 3/4 cup scalded milk
  • 6 tbsp softened butter
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 egg
  • 5 cups flour
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 15 pecans halved for 30 in total

Cinnamon Butter

  • 2 sticks softened butter
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 4 tsp cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, mix yeast, warm water, and sugar.
    Next, combine scaled milk, butter, sugar, brown sugar, and pumpkin puree and mix until smooth.
    Add in yeast mixture before adding in the egg.
    Gradually add flour and knead until combined, let rise 1 hour in a greased bowl covered with plastic wrap in a warm and dark place like the microwave.
    Divide dough in half, and roll into 18-inch logs, cut each log into 15 pieces for a total of 30 balls of dough.
    On a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, equally place the balls of dough so there’s room to rise a second time. Using a sharp knife, make 8 cuts in the dough around a third of the way in, making sure to not cut all of the ways through. Let rise for another 45 minutes. 
    In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350º.
    Brush rolls with beaten egg and place a pecan half partially in the center to resemble a stem. 
    Bake at 350º for 9 - 12 minutes.
    To make cinnamon butter while rolls are baking, simply mix the ingredients together, and voila! Feel free to add a teaspoon or two of pumpkin spice to the mix, nutmeg, or cloves to really get that holiday feel. If you really want something special, you can cream the softened butter and sugar until it's fluffy before adding in the spices. Whipped cinnamon butter for the win.