No Knead Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Prep: 30 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Resting Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total: 3 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 12 rolls
Ingredients:
For the Dough:
4 ¼ cups all-purpose flour plus extra for rolling
1 tablespoon active dried yeast
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
½ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups milk
4 tablespoons butter, melted and slightly cooled
1 cup canned pumpkin
⅓ cup white sugar
For the Filling:
6 tablespoons butter, melted and slightly cooled
¾ cup sugar,r use white, light brown, or a mix of the two
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
To Finish:
2 tablespoons butter, melted and slightly cooled
Your favorite cream cheese frosting, optional - I just stirred together 4oz cream cheese, powdered sugar, maple syrup, and a splash of milk
Directions:
Make the dough: Combine flour, yeast, pumpkin spice, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk milk, melted butter, canned pumpkin, and sugar in a large measuring jug until smooth. Pour into the flour mix and stir until you have a scraggly dough. Cover with a clean dish towel and rest at room temperature until puffy and roughly doubled in size (time depends on room temperature and altitude - usually it’s around 1-2 hours).
Roll out dough: Once the dough is ready, line a baking sheet and sprinkle generously with flour (if you don’t use enough flour, the dough will stick to the lined sheet, so do be generous - you may need up to ½ cup). Drop the dough on it and sprinkle the top of the dough with flour, too. Using your fingers, press the dough into a rectangle the size of the baking sheet.
Fill: Carefully spread the 6 tablespoons of melted butter all over the dough. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice in a small bowl and evenly sprinkle over the dough. Roll up tightly from the longer edge, brushing off excess flour from the bottom of the dough as you go. Pinch the seam together, then place the log seam-down in front of you. Slice into 12 rolls and place them in a parchment-lined 9x13-inch baking dish.
Rest and bake: Cover the rolls in the dish with a clean dish towel and rest for around 30 minutes, or until puffy and touching each other. Preheat the oven to 360°F. Brush the rolls with melted butter, then bake for around 20 minutes, or until lightly browned and cooked through.
Cool and frost: Cool the rolls in the pan for 5 minutes, then lift them out with the help of the baking parchment. Place on a cooling rack and frost immediately, if you like.
Notes:
A few tips for the best pumpkin cinnamon rolls:
Some recipes for cinnamon rolls have you believe you need to let them cool for hours before you can bite into them. That is a blatant lie. We eat these 10 minutes after they’re out of the oven, latest.
Don’t worry if your dough looks all scraggly and messy; it’s going to be fine. You really don’t have to knead; just stir all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon and call it a day. So easy!
If your dough is awfully sticky, don’t feel bad about adding quite a bit of flour so you can press it into a rectangle. But also don’t overdo it – dry dough is what makes a dry cinnamon roll. And make sure you brush off any excess flour from the bottom while rolling it up into a log.
These don’t taste in-your-face pumpkin-y. It’s more like a hint of fall. If you want, you can add more pumpkin spice to the dough, but be careful so you don’t overdo it.
Frost or don’t frost – your call. I used to be a frosted cinnamon roll hater until I decided these looked too naked for pictures without the cream cheese slathered on. Kind of a convert now.
Nutritional Facts:
Calories: 351.71kcalCarbohydrates: 55.36gProtein: 5.91gFat: 12.16gSaturated Fat: 7.47gCholesterol: 31.33mgSodium: 210.14mgPotassium: 129.49mgFiber: 2.1gSugar: 20.13gVitamin A: 3575.49IUVitamin C: 0.86mgCalcium: 51.09mgIron: 2.43mg
Nutrition is an estimate.
Recipe courtesy of Savory Nothings.com
