Mumma, what is this Halloween all about and why everybody is buying those scary costumes. What's fun here? - My inquisitive ladoo had so many questions as this is the first time he was witnessing the arrangements of Halloween get-together.
I could have avoided the question as I was busy with my pumpkin dinner rolls recipe, but then I decided to answer him. As a parent it is our first duty to respond to our children question, this helps in making a better bond with the child. So I explained.
Halloween is celebrated every year on 31st October. The mythological aspect is to wear scary costumes to scare the ghosts.
What? Scare the ghost?.. and ladoo started laughing.
Yes, and it all started in the eighth century when Pope Gregory III announced 1st November to honor all saints. And an evening before was then known as "All Hallows Eve" and later "Halloween".
Hmmmm... so what's exciting for me in this? Garv was trying to find his fun quotient here.
Go, find a costume, a scary one. Go to people house, scare them, they will give you chocolates and candies.
And that is it, he was on his toes, anything for chocolates 🙂
If you prefer watching video recipe, here is the Pumpkin dinner roll recipe video for you
When my ladoo was planning with his friends for costumes and other stuff for Halloween day, I quickly baked these Pumpkin dinner rolls to treat all of them. Forget about costumes, all the little ghosts ate all of these pumpkins.
Well, it’s time for you to make this super recipe and delight those little small ghosts ringing your doorbells.
So, let’s get started.
Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
Before we start my first tip is to use a Kitchen Weighing Scale for measuring ingredients. This helps in getting the desired results.
If you still like to work with cup measurements, use a Kitchen Weighing Scale to switch recipe between grams and cups
Quick Notes
| Tin Size | 12x14 |
| Oven Temp | 200°C |
| Baking Time | 20 min |
| MW Convection Temp | 180 °C |
| Baking Time | 20 min |
| Demold Instructions | Immediately |
| Cooling Time | 10 min |
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Ingredients for Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
The ingredients for this pumpkin dinner rolls recipe are:
- Whole wheat flour
- Yeast, Sugar
- Salt
- Oil
- Pumpkin puree
To get good results I used Kitchen Weighing Scale. I have used homemade Pumpkin Puree. It’s quite easy to make.
How to make Pumpkin Puree
First, peel the red pumpkin and cut it into small pieces. You can use regular pumpkin as well but the red pumpkin will give that beautiful golden color and natural sweetness to the Pumpkin shaped dinner rolls.
Next, in a pan, boil some water. Add chopped pumpkin pieces to hot water and cook for 5 min. Now stain the pumpkin and let it come to room temperature.
After that, using a mixer grinder, make a paste of the cooked pumpkin. Our pumpkin puree is ready.
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Dough for Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
Firstly, the first step is to activate the yeast. For this, in a bowl take yeast, sugar and lukewarm water. Stir it and let it rest for 5 minutes or until it froths. That froth is a sign of yeast activation.
On the other side, in a kneading bowl add flour and salt. Add activated yeast solution and pumpkin puree. Mix everything and start kneading the dough by adding water little at a time. We need soft, little sticky dough.
Next, add one tablespoon oil to the dough. Knead it for a minute or two. I haven’t kneaded the dough much and preferred to rest and let the Mother Nature work. Just cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let it rest until it becomes double in volume.
How much time the dough will take to rise, completely depends on the temperature at your place. Presently, the temperature at my place is between 30 °C – 35 °C. So the dough doubled in 40 minutes.
Once the dough doubles in volume, punch it and release the air and then take it out on a lightly floured surface.
Then, divide the dough into 8 equal portions. Shape each dough portion round like a ball. We will now shape the dough portions into pumpkin shaped dinner rolls.
I have used two different techniques to shape. To check “How to shape” please watch my Kitchen Weighing Scale.
In the first technique, make a smooth dough ball and then using a thread knot the dough ball in a way that it is making 6 equal portions of the dough.
In the second technique, I have used scissors. Again make a dough ball and then using scissors, cut the outer surface a little deep from 6 to 8 equidistant place on the dough ball.
Similarly, shape all the buns.
Let’s bake our Pumpkin shaped Dinner Rolls
First, line a baking tray with parchment paper and place all the shaped pumpkin buns on it by leaving some gap in-between. Cover them with a kitchen towel and let them rest until they double in volume.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 200°C for 10 minutes. After the second rise, brush the pumpkin buns with milk and bake them at 200°C for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes take the tray out from the oven. Rest the baked pumpkin dinner rolls for 5 minutes.
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Now, using a scissors cut and remove the thread from the buns. Our super healthy and delicious Pumpkin dinner rolls are ready to tickle your taste buds.
Serve these healthy and delicious Pumpkin dinner rolls to your guests with soup or salad. I am sure the only thing you are going to get in return is lots of appreciation. Oh, come on! No need to say thanks to me for this.
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Pumpkin Dinner Rolls with Whole Wheat
Bake these lovely and gorgeously looking Pumpkin Dinner Rolls that are prefect for your Thanks Giving of Halloween Party. These Pumpkin Shaped Dinner rolls are fluffy, soft, and spongy that will make you popular among your friends and peers.
Ingredients
Instructions
Pumpkin Puree
Yeast Activation
Dough Kneading
Baking the Pumpkin Dinner Roll
Notes
Why in this recipe we are not kneading for longer time the way we knead other breads … u told only knead two three minutes is sufficient?????
Because the dough will be sticky to knead.
Nice
Thnaks, Rashmi.