Pumpkin Dinner Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups bread or 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope active dry yeast
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup milk, warmed
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature,cut into small pieces

Recipe

• 1 place flour, sugar, salt and yeast in bowl of an electric mixer with a dough hook.
• 2 add pumpkin puree and warm milk.
• 3 mix on low speed, scraping down sides of bowl until ingredients come together.
• 4 turn speed to medium.
• 5 add butter one piece at a time, incorporating each piece into mixture before adding another.
• 6 mix dough until silky, 5 minutes.
• 7 if dough is too wet, add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time.
• 8 (or, combine ingredients in a large bowl. turn out on a lightly floured board; knead by hand, about 6 minutes.) transfer dough to a lightly greased bowl.
• 9 cover with plastic wrap; let rise until almost doubled in size, about 1 hour, 15 minutes.
• 10 transfer dough to a lightly floured surface; divide into 18 pieces.
• 11 roll each piece between hands to make a ball.
• 12 place on baking sheets sprinkled with cornmeal, leaving 2 inches between rolls.
• 13 cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until almost doubled in size, about 1 hour, 45 minutes.
• 14 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 15 bake rolls until they are golden brown and they have a hollow sound when tapped, 15-20 minutes.