How to: Easiest Pumpkin-Shaped Dinner Rolls!
Did you know that you can buy frozen RAW dinner rolLS?!
What a game-changer! Your home can smell like freshly baked bread and you can have hot rolls ready to serve with minimal effort! If you’re feeling fancy, you can take these basic round rolls and turn them into little pumpkins that are PERFECT for your Thanksgiving table!
Not only is this ridiculously easy, but it will impress your guests too! Some might argue that using pre-made frozen bread rolls is cheating…but, I say it’s efficient and brilliant!
Enjoy!
what you’ll need:
These rolls are inexpensive and require very little! Most of the items can be found on Amazon too! Disclosure: Some of the links posted are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp of Milk
1 Egg
Tools:
Step 1: Proof Dough
Following the proofing/rising directions on your package of frozen raw dinner rolls. Most will require you to lay your rolls on a baking sheet, cover them with plastic wrap, and let them rise for a few hours.
Note: I have watched ALL of the Great British Bakeoff episodes available in the US and I just learned that “proofing” is the American word for “proving”. Who knew?
Step 2: Cut, Poke, brush
With your kitchen shears, cut small snips around your dough eight times in equal lengths, leaving the middle alone. You can use a knife if you don’t have shears, but it’s significantly slower.
Take your finger and poke a dent into the middle. Allow the dough to rise again for at least an hour (or more if needed) until they fluff back up nicely.
Make an egg wash by mixing a little milk with one egg. Brush the egg wash on top of each dough roll with your pastry brush.
Step 3: Bake & Finish!
Pop your rolls into the oven and follow the temperature and timing instructions on your roll package.
After you take them out of the oven, grab a pecan half and pop it into the middle of each roll to create a tasty stem!
Enjoy how cute they are before you devour all the carbs!