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Its that time of year again! Everywhere you look there’s Pumpkins! My Mini Halloween Pumpkin Buns are to die for!👻 Pumpkin shaped buttery soft little munchkins…cuteness overload! Serve these with a soup or stew, on the side of a roast dinner, or enjoy alone. I confess, there were originally 12, only 10 made it to picture day.
How to make Mini Halloween Pumpkin Buns
Its all in the dough! I wanted my Mini Pumpkin Buns to be an ‘easy eat’ I wasn’t looking for crisp, but a pillowy soft dinner type roll with a buttery flavour. This recipe requires a little more hands on time than your regular dinner roll recipe, due to all the pumpkin shaping! But look how cute they are, well worth the extra minutes!
Ingredients
- 400 g Plain flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 x 7g sachet of quick action yeast
- 60 g Butter
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 240 ml Warm Milk
- cloves for pumpkin stalks
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl mix together the flour and salt
- Stir in the butter
- add the yeast stir again
- Stir in the Honey and Warm Milk
- Continue to stir until a sticky dough forms
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, knead until smooth and stretchy (if the dough feels to wet, add sprinkles of flour until workable)
- Place in an oiled bowl or proving bowl, cover and leave to rise for 1 1/2-2 hours until doubled in size
- After rise, punch the dough to release any air bubbles. Then split the dough into twelve equal parts,
- Form 12 balls (see video)
- Cut 48 equal lengths of kitchen twine (long enough to tie around the circumference of each ball (4 lengths of twine per ball, see video)
- Tie the kitchen twine around each ball (See video below)
- Once every ball has been twined, place on a lined baking sheet and set aside to puff up for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Bake for 15-20 minutes
- Allow to cool, remove the twine, serve!
How to make Pumpkin Shaped Buns
It is actually quite a simple process- once you get the hang of it. The first one is always the trickiest, by the time you get to bun 5 your a pro! Watch the video below for a quick tutorial.
After baking allow the buns to cool then snip the twine and pull away. Done! A gorgeous and delicious Halloween themed bake.
Tools Used
Kitchen twine, Proving bowl, Dough cutters and Scrapers, Iron Farmhouse Serving tray
Give it a try and let me know how you got on in the comments, or tag me on Instagram, I would love to see your creations
Mini Halloween Pumpkin Buns
Ingredients
- 400 g Plain flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 x 7g sachet of quick action yeast
- 60 g Butter
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 240 ml Warm Milk
- cloves for pumpkin stalks
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl mix together the flour and salt
- Stir in the butter
- add the yeast stir again
- Stir in the Honey and Warm Milk
- Continue to stir until a sticky dough forms
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, knead until smooth and stretchy (if the dough feels to wet, add sprinkles of flour until workable)
- Place in an oiled bowl or proving bowl, cover and leave to rise for 1 1/2-2 hours until doubled in size
- After rise, punch the dough to release any air bubbles. Then split the dough into twelve equal parts,
- Form 12 balls (see video)
- Cut 48 equal lengths of kitchen twine (long enough to tie around the circumference of each ball (4 lengths of twine per ball, see video)
- Tie the kitchen twine around each ball (See video)
- Once every ball has been twined, place on a lined baking sheet and set aside to puff up for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Bake for 15-20 minutes
- Allow to cool, remove the twine, serve!
I dont just bake adorable Pumpkins buns, i grow them too, check out my How to grow Zombie Pumpkins
