Pumpkin Spice Buns with Cream Cheese Frosting
Even the pumpkin spice haters wont be able to get enough of these!
Ingredients
Dough:
- 4 1/2 tsp Yeast
- 1 3/4 cups Very Warm Water 110/115 degrees
- 1 cup White Sugar
- 3 Cups then 9 Cups All Purpose Non Bleached Flour
- Add more as needed for dough structure
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1/2 cup Vegetable/Canola Oil
- 1 15 28 oz can of pureed pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling
- 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Splash of Vanilla
Filling
- Margarine
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
Frosting
- 1 cup Non-dairy Cream Cheese of Choice I used Wayfair and loved it!
- 1/4 cup Margarine softened
- 4 tbs Powdered Sugar
- Splash of Vanilla
Instructions
Dough
- Preheat oven to 350
- Mix together warm water, sugar and yeast, and let sit until bubbly (about 10 min.) Once ready, mix in first 3 cups of flour until spongy.
- Add Pumpkin, eggs, oil, and spices and mix until well combined
- Add remaining flour (adding more if necessary) until the dough forms and is no longer extremely sticky. (A little sticky is okay and will often be fixed in the rising processes but because of the pumpkin this is a naturally sticky dough so don't be discouraged if it needs more flour.
- Kneed well for 10 minutes until the dough is well formed and springs back after you touch it. Cover and let rise for at least an hour in a warm place.
- While dough is rising, mix together the Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, and Pumpkin Pie Spice and set aside
- Once risen to about twice its size, punch down, roll out as much of the dough as your table has room for, longer than it is wide and not too thin so it falls apart. You may need to do it in rounds.
- Take the margarine and rub it all over the dough and spread the brown sugar mixture all over the dough. Roll the dough inwards making a long thick log.
- Spread extra filling on the bottom of a well greased 9x13 or 8 or 9 inch round pan
- Cut the log in about 1 inch slices and place in the greased pan(s)
- Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until tops are golden brown
Frosting
- While they're baking, mix together non-dairy cream cheese, softened margarine, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
- Spread liberally on top right before serving!
Notes
(I'm a big fan of making doughs in one bowl only, to keep the mess as limited as possible. While I prefer to do it by hand, this recipe is mixer friendly as well)
The filling recipe is for about 1/3 of the dough recipe because I froze dough and took it out periodically, double accordingly.