These Pumpkin Dinner Rolls are perfect for fall meals. Try serving them with Thanksgiving dinner or a weeknight meal such as pulled pork!
Are you wondering, perhaps, what you might do with pumpkin spiced dinner rolls? The certainly sound seasonal but how exactly do they fit into a meal? Let me offer you a few suggestions.
This pumpkin dinner roll recipe is perfect as a side for your Thanksgiving dinner. Imagine dipping them into turkey gravy or scooping them into homemade stuffing.
Want something more immediate? Enjoy them as Jeff and I did, sliced in half and used as buns for slow cooker pulled pork (which we served with a side of coleslaw). Or how about serving them with some homemade chili?
You can also try making these savory pumpkin rolls with my homemade pumpkin puree!
These rolls are perfect for any time of year if you love pumpkin as much as I do. I hope you enjoy them!
Baking With Yeast
This recipe uses active dry yeast. Yeast is an ingredient many novice bakers fear, and I’d like to change that! So what is yeast, and how does it work? Can you substitute one variety for another? Check out my article What is Yeast to learn more!
Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup lukewarm water
- 1/2 ounce active dry yeast
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 17 ounces all-purpose flour, plus more as needed (approximately 4 cups)
- 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk the water and yeast together until bubbly and then allow it to sit for 1 minute. Add the butter, sugar, pumpkin puree and eggs and whisk until just combined.
- Attach the dough hook to the mixer. Stir the salt and pumpkin pie spice into the flour and then add them to the mixer on low speed.
- Allow the dough to mix for approximately 5 minutes on low speed. It will be sticky. If it's not coming together, add up to 4 more tablespoons of flour, adding 1-2 tablespoons at a time. You can also put a small amount of vegetable oil on your hands to keep the dough from sticking to them.
- Place the dough in a lightly greased large bowl and cover. Allow to double in size, approximately 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degreesF and lightly grease 2 8-inch cake pans. Divide the dough into 10 equal sized balls and place 5 in each cake pan. Allow the dough to rise for another 25-30 minutes.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until fully cooked through. Serve warm.
Notes
(yields more than needed for this recipe)
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Please read my full post for additional recipe notes, tips, and serving suggestions!
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Love how soft and fluffy these look! I wouldn’t need anything to eat with them! These could be a meal by themselves!
Um, pulled pork sandwiches with these as buns? DROOLING.
These are so fabulous! I could eat the whole pan!
never would have thought to add that pumpkin flavor to dinner rolls. It makes this extraordinary and I want one now!
Yum! I love the simplicity of the photos, gorgeous!
What a fabulous idea! x
Oh my goodness…these look divine! I would have never thought of putting pumpkin spice in a dinner roll….but, I think I could make a meal of these!
Magnificent Pumpkin Spice Dinner Rolls! The autumn flavors and color are just outstanding!
These look lovely! I have a recipe for pumpkin pan rolls that I usually make in the fall. They make the best slider-sized sandwiches with either leftover turkey or ham from the holidays!
I can definitely see these as a rocking side dish to a nice bowl of chili!
Ove home made rolls. There is nothing like home made bread!
Love these super-soft doughy rolls! I’d gladly slide them alongside my Thanksgiving feast!
I bet these would also make great bread pudding or even french toast. However they’re served, I want some!
Oh darn! How am I gonna survive this afternoon without having this magic-rolls! How incredibly adorable, inviting the look!
And I wonder why have I not been following your blog!
Well … can’t think of anything that I wouldn’t eat with these rolls! Heck, rolls and butter alone would be fine with me :) Beautiful photos … beautifully yummy bread.