Pumpkin Fantail Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cream Cheese Icing Recipe | Barbara Bakes (2024)

A better for you cinnamon roll with the rich flavors of fall in a fun to eat fan shape. These pretty sweet rolls are made with whole wheat pastry flour and pumpkin puree. They have a beautiful, hard-to-resist orange color and they’re easy to make.

Hodgson Millinvited me to participate in their 2012 ‘Have a Grain Holiday! Baking Contest. Contest participants were asked to “say goodbye to dense and unhealthy holiday treats by putting a spin on their favorite baked goods using high-quality Hodgson MillWhole Wheat Flours.” I was sent packages ofHodgson Mill Best for Bread Flour,Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Flour, andHodgson Mill Whole Wheat Pastry Flourto bake with.

I used Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Pastry Flourflour in these rolls. I love whole wheat pastry flour and bake with it often. You can substitute wholewheatpastry flour for half of the flour in most recipes. I also usedHodgson Mill Best for Bread Flour, which helps breads develop more gluten and rise up bigger andfluffier.

Last year for the contest, I baked a beautifulCitrus Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish Braid. That recipe was a winner, and I think this year’s recipe is a winner too.My family loved loved loved these sweet rolls.

I made them a few days before Thanksgiving so I could freeze them and serve them for breakfast Thanksgiving morning. But they were too irresistible and we ate half of them as soon as they came out of the oven.My daughter wanted a second sweet roll and offered to buy my son’s roll for $2. (Since he’s a teenager and always short of money right now, that’s a pretty tempting offer.)

This recipe is a cross between theLemon Pull-Apart BreadI made last month, andtheOvernight Pumpkin Monkey BreadI made last fall, in a fun new shape.

Don’t be afraid to make these rolls. They look complicated, but they’re easy, especially if you whip up the dough in a mixer. As with most breads, each roll doesn’t have to be perfectly cut or shaped. Some of my ends weren’t as big as the middle pieces, so I added some of the scraps to the cup.After rising and baking, they all looked beautiful.

My husband wanted more icing on his roll. In fact, he thought you should serve the icing as a dipping sauce so you could dip each sweet, cinnamon pumpkin layer in the icing. Sounds like abrilliantidea to me!

GIVEAWAY

As part of the contest, Hodgson Millwill giveaway to one lucky Barbara Bakes reader a selection of assortedHodgson Millproducts– a $25 value!To Enter the Sweepstakes Giveaway leave a comment on this post before Sunday, December 3, 2012 at 10:00 am, MST.

The giveaway is only open to residents of the US. Be sure your email address is included with your comment. Winner will be chosen randomly, notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond before anotherwinner is chosen.

BAKER’S HOLIDAY GIFT PACK SWEEPSTAKES

In addition Hodgson Millis also holding a Baker’sHoliday Gift Pack Sweepstakes, which is open to the general public. It’s easy to enter – all you need to do is fill out the form for a chance to be randomly selected to win one (1) of fifty (50) prize packs of Hodgson Mill products, valued at $85 .