Super Quick Gluten Free Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls—Yeast Free, Too!
Try these gluten free pumpkin cinnamon rolls, and you'll want to make them for breakfast every day. They're so soft, fluffy, and filled with pumpkin flavor.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 3+3/4 cup all purpose gluten free flour blend
- 2 tsp xanthan gum ((omit if your blend already contains it))
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice ((See Recipe Notes))
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 5 oz pumpkin butter
- 3 eggs (at room temperature, beaten)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 fluid ounces milk (at room temperature)
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp all purpose gluten free flour blend ((I used Better Batter; please click thru for full information))
- 1+1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice ((See Recipe Notes))
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter (melted)
- 1/8 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice ((See Recipe Notes))
- 1 tbsp milk (plus more by the 1/4 teaspoonful if necessary)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 325°F. Grease the wells of a standard 12-cup muffin tin, and set the pan aside.
- 2
In a medium-size bowl, place the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice and whisk to combine well. Set the bowl aside.
- 3
In a large bowl, place the butter and pumpkin butter, and beat to combine well with a handheld mixer or by hand.
- 4
Add the eggs and sugar, and beat until smooth. The mixture will be thin.
- 5
Add the flour mixture in two parts, alternating with the milk, beating until just combined after each addition. The dough will be thick and heavy.
- 6
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface, and pat into a thick rectangle.
- 7
Sprinkle the top of the dough lightly with more flour, and roll into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick. Fold the dough over on itself into about a 5-inch square packet.
- 8
Sprinkle both sides of the dough lightly with flour, and roll out again into a rectangle that is about 10-inches x 15-inches, and about 1/4-inch thick.
- 9
With a pastry wheel, pizza cutter or a sharp knife, trim each of the four edges slightly, along the perimeter of the dough, to make a clean edge.
- 10
In a small bowl, place the light brown sugar, flour, pumpkin pie spice and salt, and mix to combine well.
- 11
Add the melted butter, and mix to combine. The filling will be a thick paste.
- 12
Spread the filling in an even layer on top of the rectangle of dough, leaving 1/4-inch clean around the perimeter.
- 13
Beginning at one of the 15-inch sides of the rectangle, roll the dough away from you tightly until it forms a cylinder.
- 14
Using a metal bench scraper, sharp knife or unwaxed dental floss, slice the cylinder into 12 cross-sections, each about 1-inch thick.
- 15
Place each cross-section of spiraled dough into a well of the prepared muffin tin and press gently down into the wells.
- 16
Place the pan in the center of the preheated oven and bake until the tops of the buns are lightly golden brown and the filling is bubbling (about 25 minutes).
- 17
Remove the tin from the oven and allow the buns to cool briefly, until you can stand to touch the rolls before twisting the rolls back and forth a bit in each well to prevent them from sticking to the pan.
- 18
Once the rolls have set, transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- 19
In a small bowl, place the confectioners’ sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and 1 tablespoon of milk. Mix well until a thick paste forms.
- 20
Add more milk by the 1/4-teaspoon, mixing to combine well, until the glaze falls off the spoon slowly, in a thick but pourable glaze.
- 21
Add milk very slowly, as it is much easier to thin, than to thicken, the glaze. If you do thin the glaze too much, add more confectioners’ sugar a teaspoon at a time to thicken it.
- 22
Drizzle or spread the icing on the cooled rolls before serving.