This fall lovin’ Libra has a serious pumpkin allergy that puts a damper on seasonal recipes but that doesn’t mean we can’t partake in the Thanksgiving themed recipes! Try these adorable and tasty pumpkin SHAPED dinner rolls. They’ll add a lil something extra to your thanksgiving table presentation. 🦃
TOOLS
- Stand mixer
- Dough hook
- Mixer Skirt fabric splash guard
- Bakers Twine
- Parchment paper
- Baking sheet
- Americolor Food Gel “Pumpkin”
INGREDIENTS
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water (100-110 degrees)
Dough ingredients
- 1/4 cup granulated flour
- 1 Tablespoon room temp butter
- 1 egg
- 3 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 TBSP EVOO (1/2 TBSP for coating bread 1/2 for coating bakers twine)
- Bakers Twine
- Americolor Gel Food Coloring in “pumpkin”
- 4 Cinnamon Sticks cut in half
LETS BAKE
- In a stand mixer with dough hook attachment and Mixer Skirt fabric splash guard for stand mixers, add 1 tablespoon active dry yeast and 1 cup warm water, whisk until frothy. Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Add all dough ingredients and knead with dough hook on medium speed 5-10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Add a few drops of orange food coloring to ball of dough and continue to knead on medium speed until combined.
- Lightly grease ball of dough with 1/2 TBSP EVOO, place back into bowl of stand mixer and keep Mixer Skirt on your stand mixer to cover and allow to rise until doubled in size, 60 minutes.
- Turn dough onto floured surface and punch down. Divide dough into 8 equal sections.
- Place balls of dough on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Allow to rest 15 minutes.
- Cut 8 - 30” long strings of bakers twine and coat in olive oil.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Wrap each ball of dough with 1 bakers twine 4 times at a 45 degree angle and tie a knot in the twine.
- Cover and rest dough for an additional 15 minutes.
- Bake rolls in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until slightly golden brown.
- When slightly cooled, insert a half of a cinnamon stick “stem” into the center of each roll.
- Best served warm with butter! Enjoy!
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