Pumpkin-Shaped Pumpkin Dinner Rolls

Hold on to your bandwidth because this is a picture-heavy post! Today I have such a lovely recipe to share! Hey, American peeps who are celebrating Thanksgiving this week: do you know what type of dinner roll you're going to be baking to accompany your feast? How 'bout these adorable pumpkin-shaped Pumpkin Dinner Rolls? *squeeeeee*

Pumpkin Dinner Rolls (or breakfast!)

How cute are these little guys? I love them!! The recipe that I used does call for butter, milk, and one egg, but replacing the butter and milk is a non-issue, right? Almond milk and vegan butter. Done. To replace the egg I did three things: I replaced some of the almond milk with coconut milk for extra fattiness, I mixed in some bread flour for extra binding action, and I added a little bit of turmeric powder for extra yellowness. Let me break it down precisely in case you want to make these too:

1. Instead of 3/4 cup of milk, I used 1/2 cup almond milk and 1/4 cup full-fat coconut milk.
2. I used 3 1/2 cups of regular all purpose flour and 1 1/2 cup of bread flour.
3. I added 1/8 teaspoon of turmeric powder to the dry ingredients.
4. Instead of an egg wash, I brushed melted vegan butter all over the rolls right after I poked the little holes in them.
5. I baked the rolls at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes and broiled them on low for 4 more minutes. My oven doesn't like to brown things unless I broil them. If you decide to broil them too - watch them like a hawk!
6. As soon as they came out of the oven I brushed a little maple syrup all over them for a nice glossy finish.


I actually halved the recipe, but I'm sharing my modifications as if I had made a whole recipe to keep things simple. Why don't I just post the recipe with my modifications here? Because I would hate for anybody to assume that these unique rolls were my idea (skim-reading jumping straight to the recipe, it happens) when Holly deserves all the credit. These are not sweet like a pastry, but they do have a bit of sweetness so if you don't like a somewhat sweet roll with your dinner you might want to cut the sugar in half. They are also excellent with a cup of hot coffee! :)

Pumpkin Dinner Rolls (or breakfast!) 
Can you tell that I sprinkled a little bit of sugar on top of some of the rolls before I baked them? Delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Holly!

Pumpkin Dinner Rolls (or breakfast!)
Beautiful golden crumb. *swoon*

OK, now that I've hogged all your bandwidth I might as well throw one more photo at you. Say hello to my little (wet) friend!

Rainy Duck

Comments

  1. Those rolls are crazy cute! Thanks for veganizing them. They sound spectacular!

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    1. Aren't they adorable? They were so fun to make too!

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  2. Definitely THE cutest rolls I've ever seen. So creative! And a cute duck, of course :)

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    1. Me too! I had never seen cute dinner rolls before. Now I should try to get a picture of the cute duck eating a cute roll :)

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  3. These are great! I made them last year for Thanksgiving (based on Holly's recipe) and they were a hit. I'm glad you made a vegan version. I'll definitely be trying this out sometime!

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    1. You are lucky! I wish I had found them earlier too! I'm not surprised your rolls were a hit at Thanksgiving - they are so delicious and cute!

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  4. How cute! I shared on my Facebook fan page :)

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    1. Aren't they just? Thanks for sharing, Marni! :)

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    1. And there's no reason why one couldn't eat them in spring or summer, if one lived in the Southern hemisphere :)

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    1. I'll trade you my cute rolls for a cute Jazzy! :)

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  7. The rolls are super cute. If I were a gluten-eater I'd be making them for Thanksgiving. I may try another time to de-glutenize them, but I already have too many untried recipes on my Thanksgiving menu to take a chance. Thanksgiving dinner should be real interesting. At least I know the cranberries will be good. :)

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    1. I always feel like I'm going to be making someone sad when I post a recipe that cannot be easily de-glutenized. It causes me pain and my heart breaks a little when I share a recipe that can't be enjoyed by most people. But you're right, maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to experiment with these on Thanksgiving day... just in case! :)

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    2. You know, I replaced more than half the flour with coconut flour (because I ran out of all-purpose) and it worked just fine. They were delicious! I bet they wouldn't be too hard to completely de-glutenize.

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    3. Interesting! I wonder how they would work with Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free flour mix?

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  8. These are just the cutest things you've posted! I wish I had your patience in cooking/baking. I'm all about the fast and easy, but I can and do appreciate when others take the time to go that extra mile. You always do!

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    1. Thanks, Katie! I do like fast and easy too. Sometimes all I want to do is open a can of lentils and toss them over a pile of instant mashed potatoes. Too fast and too easy? :)

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  9. Oh these are adorable. Just so adorable.

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