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Happy Halloween!
Hope everyone has enjoyed October and all that comes with it! But at last tomorrow will be November and the Holiday craziness can begin! I know, I know, it’s still Halloween and I need to take a serious chill pill.
Please don’t get me wrong I love Halloween, but I have been looking at ghosts and goblins since September 15th. I’m in need of a new holiday and some new decorations! Enter Thanksgiving.
Turkey, Butternut Squash, Mashed Potatoes, Brussel Sprouts, Stuffing, Green Beans, Gravy, Pumpkin Soup, Turkey Cookies, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Cooking, Baking, Football, Snow, and of course Family.
For me, and for people who host Thanksgiving, it can be A LOT of work, but with the right amount of planning and prep work it can be a holiday enjoyed by all!
So I am starting things off with Thanksgiving breakfast. I mean come on people you can’t go all the way till 3:00 or 5:00pm. Over at our house it tends to be more like 8pm! Yeah, I know that is late, but that’s just the Gerards. Waiting till then is just too hard…and if you can, well then that is some serious will power. For those of us who need a little something to get us through until the real the feast I have the most delicious bread for you!
Pull Apart Pumpkin Cinnamon Bread.
I even got the picky eaters to eat this bread! Of course they have no idea there is pumpkin involved. Nothing says Thanksgiving more than pumpkin and cinnamon. So delicious warm, right out of the oven.  Incredible!  Warm pull-apart yeasty cinnamon sugar dough.  I don’t know what else to say, just make it!
Pull Apart Pumpkin Cinnamon Bread
Ingredients
- Dough
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast, 1 envelope
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 cups bread flour
- Filling
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground nutmeg
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
- Buttered Glaze
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/8 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp milk
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
- In a saucepan over medium-high heat, brown 2 tablespoons of butter, letting it bubble up and turn a dark golden brown but being careful not to allow it burn (turn black) about 2-3 minutes. Once browned, remove the pan from the heat and carefully add the milk, return to stove and heat through. Pour the milk and butter into the bowl of standing mixer (fitted with a dough hook) and allow to cool so it is no longer hot but also not cool (about 100-110 degrees F). Once it has reached a warm but not hot temperature add the yeast and 1/4 cup of sugar and allow to proof about 10 minutes. Then add the pumpkin, salt, and 1 cup of flour. Stir until combined then add the rest of the flour 1/2 cup at a time and knead for 6 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic and just slightly sticky. If the dough is too moist, add extra flour 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Move dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a clean towel. Allow to rise in a warm place for 60-90 minutes or until doubled in size.
- While dough is rising, brown another 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix well. Making sure sugar evenly absorbs the butter. Set aside. Next, grease and flour a 9×5 loaf pan and set aside.
- When the dough has doubled in size, punch it down and flip out onto a clean floured surface and knead with hands for 1-2 minutes. Roll dough into a 20×12 inch rectangle. Evenly sprinkle the dough with the cinnamon sugar mixture and press into dough with palms of the hand. Cut the rectangle into 6 strips. Lay strips on top of each other and cut each strip into 6 even squares (cut in half then each half into thirds). Stack strips vertically into the loaf pan. Cover the pan with a clean towel and let rise for 30-45 minutes.
- In the meantime preheat an oven to 350 degrees. After rising in the pan bake for 30-40 minutes or until top is a very deep golden brown.
- To prepare the glaze, heat the butter, milk, and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to boil then immediately remove the pan from the heat and stir in the Vanilla and powdered sugar.
Notes
Nutrition
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This Pull Apart Pumpkin Cinnamon Bread will have you licking the pan clean!
Have a safe Halloween!!
This looks amazing and I am making it now. Just to clarify, the glaze goes on after it bakes, correct?
Thanks for keeping us in delicious seasonal recipes!
Hey Rebekah,
Yes, that is correct. I hope you love the recipe, please let me know if you have any other questions! xTieghan
Two questions:
1) Could I substitute Stevia for the one cup sugar in the filling?
2) Could I make this w a Gluten Free Flour AP Blend? If possible, I realize it would only rise once, so would that mean doing all of the steps from the start (preparing it and filling it and placing into filled loaf pan for baking)?? I doubt I can find a similar gluten free recipe. Thanks!
I get pleasure from, cause I found just what I was having a look for. You have ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a great day. Bye
Oh my goodness! This looks so unreal! Those shots are gorgeous.
Wow! Thank you!
These look delicious. I have a link party called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party and would love to have you share this with everyone. Here is the link to the party.
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/11/wednesday-adorned-from-above-link-party.html
Debi @ Adorned From Above
Thank you! I will stop by!
Very impressive looking and I bet it is delicious!
Thanks you and is really good! For breakfast, lunch, dinner dessert, or snack!
I LOVE the pumpkin in this! Sounds yummy! 🙂
They are! Even the picky eaters that would never dare to eat pumpkin loved these!
How yummy! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites! I’m featuring you this week!
Thank you for featuring me!
How delicious! This looks and sounds so good. Thank you for sharing. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/11/make-it-pretty-monday-week-22.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thanks!
Oh my, you had me at pull apart! This is amazing! I can’t wait to try this recipe. I love anything to do with pumpkin. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.
Michelle
Deeeelicious! Looks so amazing. Can’t wait to try this out!
Visiting from on the menu monday 🙂
Tammy
ourneckofthewoods.net
It is so good! Let me know if you give it a try!
This looks amazing. I have never made pull apart bread, but this one might be my first.
Let me know how it turns out!
This sounds like the perfect start to a great Thanksgiving Day — mmmmm! Thanks so much for linking on Busy Monday!
This is my kind of bread! Love pumpkin!