Pumpkin Buns

Pumpkin buns

There is nothing better than the combination of sweet pumpkin with cinnamon. Made these adorable soft flavourful buns using homemade pumpkin puree. They are a perfect  treat for the fall season and are served best with a hot cup of tea or soup.

Recipe

Ingredients

1/2cup warm milk

2 tsp active dry yeast

1 tbsp honey

3 tbsp butter

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup pumpkin puree

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp cinnamon powder

Method

-In a bowl combine warm milk, yeast, honey and  stir. 

-In another bowl add flour and salt. Add the yeast mix, pumpkin puree, cinnamon powder and melted butter.  

-Stir with spoon until a sticky dough forms.

-Knead the dough until smooth adding more flour as needed.

-Transfer dough to a greased bowl, cover and let it rise in a warm place until doubled in size, for about 2-3 hours.

-Take out the risen dough and divide into 8 equal parts and roll  each into circular balls.

-Place 6 pieces of string on the surface.Crisscross strings over a center point into a star shape. -Tie each string into a knot over the center of the roll.

-Place  rolls on a baking sheet and let it rise again for about 30 minutes.

-Brush the buns with egg wash or milk.

-Bake it in a preheated oven at 180 deg for 20 to 25 minutes.

-Remove from the oven and let cool.

- Cut strings of each bun at the tops and peel down carefully and slowly to remove. Cut a small hole in the tops of each roll and put stems into each hole. 

-Transfer pumpkin rolls to a serving platter.