Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls (Easy Recipe) (2024)

5 from 8 votes

Author: Kylee Ayotte

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Rise time: 1 hour hour 40 minutes minutes

Total Time: 2 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Dough

• 1 cup milk 110 degrees F/45 degrees C
• 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
• 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
• 4 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup butter melted
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Filling

• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Frosting

• 3 oz cream cheese softened
• 1/4 cup butter softened
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 Tbs milk
• 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 Tbs pumpkin puree

Stand Mixer/Dough Hook instructions:

Make the Dough

• Combine milk and sugar in a bowl and put in microwave until the temp is reached (it’s supposed to be lukewarm, not hot).

• Sprinkle yeast over the surface, and let it sit for 5-10 minutes until foamy. (Tiny bubbles should begin to appear on the surface or around the edge of the container and it should start to smell yeasty).

• Add the yeast mixture to the bowl of your stand mixer with the dough hook attached.

• Add the flour, salt, eggs, butter and pumpkin pie spice. Knead for 8-10 minutes. It should form a ball, and be relatively smooth.

• Let sit in a warm place, until doubled in size (about an hour). Punch down.

• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes – this is an important step, don’t skip!

Filling

• Combine the pumpkin, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.

Assembly

• Roll dough into a 16×21-inch rectangle.

• Brush the dough with melted butter and spread the filling evenly over the dough. Leave a gap for sealing the long edge.

• Roll up dough, seal, and cut into 12 rolls. I use (plain, unflavored) dental floss to do this.

• Place a piece of dental floss under the rolled dough, 1 inch from the end. Bring the floss up around the dough and cross it over the top, cutting through the dough and filling. Repeat at 1-inch intervals.

• Place rolls in 2 lightly greased deep-dish pie pans (or use a 9×13 pan). Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes.

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

• Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

Frosting

• While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, salt, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice. Add milk to achieve consistency desired.

• Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.

Bread Machine Instructions

Place dough ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start. After the dough cycle is done, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Continue the recipe from the Filling Step