This pumpkin cinnamon rolls recipe is a perfect cozy option for a weekend breakfast or holiday brunch. Even if you’re a baking beginner, this easy step-by-step recipe includes photos to easily follow along. It’s so good that people will think it’s a secret family recipe. Or at least that’s what you can tell them.

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How to make

Prep time: 3.5 hours
Cook time: 30 minutes
Makes: 8 servings

Ingredients

For the dough

• ⅓ cup whole milk
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• ½ cup pumpkin purée
• ¼ cup sugar
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 large egg
• 2 ¼ tsp instant or active yeast
• 2 ⅔ cups flour

For the filling

• 6 tbsp softened unsalted butter
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• ¼ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground cloves

Ingredients for the glaze

• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• 1–2 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking instructions

Making the pumpkin dough

• Warm the ⅓ cup milk and the 2 tbsp butter together.
  • Should be warmed until the butter is just melted. It should not be hot.
• Combine the pumpkin puree, sugar, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl.
• Add in the warmed milk/butter, egg, and yeast, and whisk until combined.

• Mix in 1 cup of flour for 1 minute, remembering to scrape the sides of the bowl as well.
  • You can whisk it, but it will be easier with at least a hand mixer if you don’t have a standing mixer. My cheap-o hand mixer worked great for this pumpkin cinnamon rolls recipe.
• Add remaining 1 and ⅔ cup of flour and beat for 1 more minute.

• Lightly flour your kitchen counter, and knead the dough for 5 minutes.
  • If too sticky, add small amounts of flour in as needed.
  • The dough should remain soft and slightly tacky.
• Grease the bottom and sides of a large bowl and place your dough inside.
• Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel, paper towel, or aluminum foil.
• Let it rise for 2 hours, until doubled.

Adding the pumpkin filling

• Once the dough has risen, lightly flour your counter and roll the dough into approximately a 12×24-inch rectangle.

• Spread the softened butter on top of the dough.
• In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, group allspice, ground ginger, and ground cloves.
• Then sprinkle this mixture on top of the dough.

• Roll up from the long edge and cut into 8 equal rolls. Arrange in the lightly greased skillet.
  • If you have a non-stick cookware set, then you won’t need to grease it.
  • I used a large non-stick skillet with a detachable handle and my rolls came out perfectly without sticking.
• Cover and let rise for another hour, until puffy.

Cooking the skillet pumpkin cinnamon rolls

• Preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C.
• Get your aluminum foil and pre-tent it in the shape of whatever cookware or bakeware you are using. (How to tent aluminum foil)
  • We will be tenting the pumpkin cinnamon rolls later, and trying to tent a hot pan will not be fun.

• Bake for 15 minutes (do NOT tent it for this bake time).
• After you remove it from the oven, tent the skillet with aluminum foil to prevent the tops from cooking too quickly.
• Put back in the oven and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes.

• Remove skillet from oven and let it sit for 10 minutes.
• Mix the glaze ingredients and drizzle over the rolls after they have cooled for 10 minutes.

A Pumpkin-Filled Fall Breakfast

As the air starts to chill, our mornings also start to slow down. With mornings taking a little longer to start, this is the perfect time to test out a new breakfast – or probably more accurately, a brunch – recipe.

Baking from scratch is an investment in deliciousness. And this pumpkin cinnamon roll recipe is no exception.

Most of the time you will spend on this recipe is just waiting for the dough to rise. But it’s so worth it.

That being said, instead of waking up earlier to get this baked and ready before everyone else wakes up, let everyone start their day and have a delicious brunch.

Once you dole out these rolls, everyone will be glad they waited!

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