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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Baking / White Chocolate Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls With White Chocolate Cream Cheese Glaze

    White Chocolate Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls With White Chocolate Cream Cheese Glaze

    Published: Nov 17, 2014 · Modified: Nov 2, 2019

    white chocolate pumpkin cinnamon rolls

    Following the success of my cranberry pumpkin bread the other day (it was sooo good!), I had some leftover pumpkin puree sitting in the fridge. For a while I was at a loss as what to make with it, there are just too many tempting options - pumpkin cookies, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin cake, pumpkin muffins...are just some of the things that crossed my mind (while I salivated), but then I thought of something that I hadn't baked in far too long - cinnamon rolls!

    pumpkin cinnamon rolls cream cheese glaze

    Cinnamon rolls (and other kinds of sweet, sticky yeast bun) are one of my favourite baked goods, and just the kind of thing you want to eat on chilly autumn mornings. But these are not just cinnamon rolls, these are pumpkin cinnamon rolls, filled with gooey brown sugar, butter, spices and chunks of white chocolate. And as if that isn't enough sweet, sticky goo, I coated them (liberally) with a so-good-I-could-drink-it-from-the-bowl white chocolate and cream cheese glaze. These are worth getting sticky fingers for!

    The recipe below makes a fairly generous quantity of glaze (in the photos I hadn't used all of it), so if you prefer more of a light drizzle than a drenching you may want to halve the quantities (it is really good though...). And this is one of the very few occasions where I will concede that it is ok to use light cream cheese if you wish - icing usually ends up too runny when reduced fat cream cheese is used, but runny is what we are going for here. I do still recommend using Philadelphia though.

    white chocolate cream cheese pumpkin cinnamon rolls

    These are a great thing to make ahead, if you want them for breakfast or brunch you can make the dough and assemble them in the evening, leave them in the fridge overnight then let them rise in a warm place for 1-1 ½ hours in the morning then bake, glaze and devour.

    I've made a relatively small batch of rolls here, six large or eight small, as I find that most cinnamon roll recipes yield far too many for just two people, but it is easy to double the quantities to make two pans worth if you want.

    pumpkin cinnamon rolls

    It is fine to use either canned or homemade pumpkin puree for these, to make your own simply heat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5, slice a small pumpkin or butternut squash in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds, place face down in a roasting tin and bake for about 45 minutes until fork tender. Remove from the oven and allow to cool a little then peel off the skin and puree the flesh in a food processor/with a hand blender/potato ricer until smooth. Don't use the large carving pumpkins as they are stringy and don't have much flavour, any variety of small pumpkin or squash is fine, I use butternut squash as it is easy to get hold of and is less stringy than pumpkin (I also read that most canned pumpkin puree is actually butternut squash anyway).

    white chocolate pumpkin cinnamon rolls

    Makes 6-8.

    (Please note: although I have provided a conversion from grams to US cup measurements I cannot guarantee the accuracy as I do not bake using cups, I thoroughly recommend investing in a digital metric scale, it is far more accurate.)

    Ingredients:

    For the rolls:

    • 250g (2 cups) strong white bread flour
    • 4g (1 tsp) fast action yeast
    • ½ tsp salt
    • 50g (firmly packed ¼ cup) light brown soft sugar
    • 100g (3.5 oz) pumpkin puree
    • 1 egg
    • 15g (1 tbsp) butter, melted
    • 40ml (⅛ cup + 2tsp) milk, lukewarm
    • ¼ tsp cinnamon
    • ¼ tsp ground ginger
    • ⅛ tsp nutmeg
    • pinch of ground cardamom (about 1 pod), optional

    For the filling:

    • 100g (3.5 oz) white chocolate, chopped into small chunks, or 100g chocolate chips
    • 75g (⅓ cup + 2tbsp) light brown soft sugar
    • 1tsp cinnamon
    • ½ tsp nutmeg
    • ½ tsp ground ginger
    • 20g (2 tbsp) butter, melted

    For the glaze:

    • 50g (2 oz) white chocolate
    • 50g (2 oz) cream cheese
    • 2 tbsp (or more) milk

    Place the flour in a large bowl, add the yeast to one side and the salt, sugar and spices to the other, add the pumpkin puree, egg, melted butter and milk and mix it all together into a sticky dough ( it will be very sticky!). Knead for 5-10 minutes, this is best done using a stand mixer but can be done by hand; the best way to knead a wet dough by hand is to pull sections of the dough up to stretch them.

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    Scrape the mixture into a lightly oiled bowl and cover with clingfilm, set aside to rise for 1-2 hours until pretty much doubled in size, meanwhile, line the base of a 20cm round cake tin with greaseproof paper and stir together the sugar and spices for the filling.

    When the dough is risen, turn it out onto a well-floured surface and fold it in on itself a couple of times then roll it out into an approximately 25x35cm rectangle. Brush the melted butter all over the surface then sprinkle over the sugar and spice mixture and scatter over the chocolate.

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    Roll the dough up into a tight spiral. Using a very sharp knife, slice the roll into 6-8 pieces, arrange them in the prepared tin then loosely cover, you don't want the cover to touch the rolls, I like to put the pan inside a clean plastic bag.

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    At this point you can either let the rolls rise for about an hour in a warm place until puffy, then bake, or place them in the fridge overnight, then the following morning take them out of the fridge and let them rise for about 1 and a half hours at room temperature before baking.

    15 minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4, place the tin in the centre of the oven and bake for 25 minutes until they are puffed and golden and smell amazing, I had to cover mine with tin foil after about 15 minutes - keep an eye on them. When they are baked, place the tin on a wire rack while you make the glaze.

    Melt the white chocolate, either in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water (don't let the base of the bowl touch the water), or in 10 second bursts in the microwave. Lightly beat the cream cheese until smooth then stir in the melted chocolate, add the milk until the glaze is a drizzling consistency then drizzle/pour/slather it over the rolls and have at them!

     

    I am sharing these with Cook Blog Share , Showcase Your Talent Thursdays, Recipe Of The Week , Foodie Fridays, Fiesta Friday, Eat. Create. Party! and Treat Petite

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    Comments

    1. Dragons And Fairy Dust

      November 18, 2014 at 11:25 am

      This looks amazing and I love the shape of the bake as well

      Reply
    2. Becky

      November 18, 2014 at 11:42 am

      BOOKMARKED! One for me to try in the run up to Christmas methinks- you're not helping my waistline at all! 😉 #tastytuesdays

      Reply
    3. The Blonde Chef

      November 18, 2014 at 1:37 pm

      I love pumpkin, and using it in these cinnamon rolls is just so decadent! Pinned!

      Reply
    4. Coombe Mill

      November 18, 2014 at 1:49 pm

      That looks straight out of a bakery. I am so impressed! Popping by from Tasty Tuesday

      Reply
    5. snaphappybakes

      November 18, 2014 at 4:14 pm

      These look to die for! My kind of treat! Love the addition of the pumpkin! #tastytuesdays

      Reply
    6. tamingtwins

      November 18, 2014 at 9:06 pm

      These look beautiful, really lovely photos with fantastic light. The tip about leaving them in the fridge overnight is really useful. PS lovely to discover your blog 🙂

      Reply
      • Domestic Gothess

        November 19, 2014 at 10:10 am

        Thank you 🙂

        Reply
    7. lucyparissi

      November 19, 2014 at 10:08 am

      AMAZING! I love these! So fluffy and so perfect – thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare

      Reply
      • Domestic Gothess

        November 19, 2014 at 10:10 am

        Thank you! And thank you for featuring my pumpkin bread 🙂

        Reply
    8. HonestMum (@HonestMummy)

      November 19, 2014 at 9:48 pm

      So pretty! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

      Reply
    9. Frugal Hausfrau

      November 21, 2014 at 5:19 am

      These look so very good! Inspiring!

      Reply
      • Domestic Gothess

        November 23, 2014 at 10:28 pm

        Thank you! 🙂

        Reply
    10. The Free From Fairy

      November 21, 2014 at 1:09 pm

      Oh my goodness these look like heaven! I love cinnamon rolls and they are on my list of things to try and make gluten and dairy free! A bit of a challenge but one I am up for, perhaps for Christmas breakfast!! Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
      • Domestic Gothess

        November 23, 2014 at 10:28 pm

        That sounds like quite a challenge indeed!

        Reply
    11. Tracy

      November 21, 2014 at 7:13 pm

      Wow!! How decadent are these?! I think I may have to make that white chocolate cream cheese frosting to just put on everything and anything! Yum! Happy Fiesta Friday! 😀

      Reply
      • Domestic Gothess

        November 23, 2014 at 10:27 pm

        It is good enough to just eat on its own! Happy FF 🙂

        Reply
    12. chefjulianna

      November 21, 2014 at 10:51 pm

      OMG! I would eat the whole pan! These look over-the-top amazing! Love the pix too! 😀

      Reply
      • Domestic Gothess

        November 23, 2014 at 10:26 pm

        Unfortunately I already did eat the whole pan... :p

        Reply
    13. breakfastdramaqueen

      November 22, 2014 at 2:17 am

      OMG - Wow! Just wow 😀

      Reply
    14. Julie is HostessAtHeart

      November 23, 2014 at 1:24 am

      Sweet rolls are a huge favorite of mine. I like a heavy drizzle too!

      Reply
      • Domestic Gothess

        November 23, 2014 at 10:25 pm

        I could (and did) eat the drizzle on it's own from the bowl with a spoon...

        Reply
        • Julie is HostessAtHeart

          November 23, 2014 at 10:59 pm

          It's important to do a little Q&A you know. 🙂

          Reply
    15. Stuart Vettese

      November 25, 2014 at 10:53 pm

      Thanks for entering into Treat Petite

      Reply
    16. ninoalmendra

      November 28, 2014 at 9:11 pm

      Just Perfect! Great drizzle combination! =)

      Reply
    17. Helen at Casa Costello

      December 01, 2014 at 11:40 pm

      Oh Wow! I adore anything white chocolate but these are even more incredible because of the cinnamon. Fantastic! Thanks so much for joining in with #Bakeoftheweek New linky up tomorrow x

      Reply

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