Perfect Pumpkin Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
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Perfect Pumpkin Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls are perfect twist because pumpkin puree is in the dough to have moist and vibrantly colored crescent recipe. Cream cheese mixture serves as filling. Everybody loves them, dusted with powdered sugar!
There was always a lot to do at my grandmothers at this time of year. Since she had a bar with a hardware shop, the main concern were winter stocks for harsh winters they had. Home made everything.
Pumpkins were used often but prepared different way; she used to mix them with cream cheese and made phyllo cake. Her frugal ideas were endless. Mains included pumpkins with minced meat, or cottage cheese; desserts made with poppy seeds, nuts, apples, grapes, just name it. She had it all.
Inspired by her creations, I made
Bolognese and Mozzarella Phyllo Cake ( Snake Cake ) and
Zucchini and Parmesan Phyllo Cake
If you know Rugelach and the fact that there is no cream cheese filling, but it is in the dough, these pumpkin crescent rolls have pumpkin puree in the dough and cheese filling. Both are amazing but the ingredients used in completely different manner!
Luscious pumpkin rolls are not pumpkin pie alike, but luscious cream cheese filling makes them so addictive that one batch of 16 crescents is gone in a flash!
They have it all. Perfect Thanksgiving dessert, breakfasts or snack that is so easy to make: 20 minutes to make, a bit of rest so the yeast may do its work and then only 15 minutes to bake. Perfect autumn type favorite! We just love it!
Butternut squash is my favourite to work with so used it to make these Perfect Pumpkin Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls. The taste I created is not of pumpkin pie filling. Our version is mild since it has only one teaspoon pumpkin pie spice and one tablespoon of sugar.
So, the dough is soft, delicate and nicely colored to make amazing balance with softened cream cheese and egg wash to emphasize the pumpkin colour.
If you are out of cream cheese, here is an option to fill the crescents with your favorite jam. Here you can see the way they look when filled with Isabela Grapes Jam :
If you are into pumpkin cream recipes here are some of our creations:
Pumpkin Bread with Almond Flour
Perfect Pumpkin Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
Perfect Pumpkin Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls are perfect twist because pumpkin puree is in the dough to have moist and vibrantly colored crescent recipe. Cream cheese mixture serves as filling. Everybody loves them, dusted with powdered sugar!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups + 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp active dry yeast or instant yeast + 4 Tbsp warm milk + pinch of salt + 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 Tbsp butter for baking paper
- Egg yolk + 2 Tbsp milk for egg wash
- 16 tsp cream cheese for filling
- Icing sugar to dust the crescent rolls to taste
Instructions
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Combine yeast, milk, salt and sugar in a glass and let stand for 10 minutes. It will become foamy and start expanding.
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Meanwhile, combine flour, sugar and pumpkin spice, on a flat surface.
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Once the yeast mixture is ready, combine it with dry ingredients and add whole egg and pumpkin puree.
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Knead dough, cover it and leave to rise in a warm place for 20 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F.
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Mix egg yolk and milk for egg wash.
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Cover the baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly butter it.
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Punch down dough and divide to have 4 equal parts.
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Roll each dough to have 10 inch circle and cut it to quarters.
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Fill each quarter with cream cheese at the wider part and roll up the wedges starting with the wide end.
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Place rolls with point under and place on parchment paper.
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Egg wash the rolls and bake for 15 minutes.
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Once cooled, dust with icing sugar and serve.
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