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Cranberry Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
Pumpkin and Cranberry Dinner Rolls are fabulous on a Thanksgiving table, but make a perfect accompaniment to a simple hearty soup or stew this season.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Rising time
2 hrs 30 mins
Total Time
3 hrs 15 mins
Servings:
16
rolls
Calories:
222 kcal
Course:
Bread
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
For the bread
- 4 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp cloves ground
- 1/4 cup brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp instant yeast
- 3/4 cup pumpkin canned
- 2 egg
- 3/4 cup water
- 4 tbsp butter 1/2 stick, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
For topping
- 3 tbsp butter melted, for brushing
Instructions
- Add all of the bread ingredients to the bowl of a stand mixer and mix, with a dough hook, until the dough is soft, smooth, and not too sticky. About 5-10 minutes.
- Lightly grease a large bowl, add the dough, cover, and leave to rise somewhere warm for about 1 1/2 hours. The dough should be almost doubled in size.
- Prehat oven to 350F.
- Remove the dough from the bowl, and place on a lightly floured surface for shaping. For making dinner rolls, divide the dough into 16 equal portions. You can weigh the pieces of dough for super-accuracy, but I just divide in half by eye, and then continue to divide each half in half until I have the right number of rolls.
- Arrange the rolls in a baking pan. For "pull-apart" style rolls, you can use 2 8-inch cake pans which should fit 14 rolls, or a 9 x 13 pan should fit all 16. Cover and allow to rise again for about an hour. They should look noticeably puffed up and start to crowd each other.
- To make loaves, divide the dough in half, gently shape into a log, and place each half into a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Cover and allow to rise for another hour. The dough should rise about to or slightly above the top of the loaf pan.
- Bake for about 25 minutes for the rolls, and about 35-40 minutes for the loaves. While still warm, brush the tops of the rolls or the loaves with the melted butter.
- Allow to cool slightly before removing from the baking pans.
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Notes
- Recipe lightly adapted from King Arthur Flour.
Nutrition Information
Calories
222kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.5g
(3%)
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Trans Fat
0.2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
34mg
(11%)
Sodium
269mg
(11%)
Potassium
83mg
(2%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
1970IU
(39%)
Vitamin C
0.5mg
(1%)
Calcium
18mg
(2%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16 rolls
Amount Per Serving
Calories 222
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 222kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.5g | 3% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 34mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 269mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 83mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 1970IU | 39% |
| Vitamin C | 0.5mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.