Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Caramel Sauce and Cream Cheese Frosting

This time of year everthing is about the great Pumpkin! Tonight the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is on and everywhere I turn I see pumpkins. Thanks to a dear friend I now have a wonderful FAST EASY BREAD recipe with pumpkin in it and maybe just a pinch of sugar! But really who can keep track of how much sugar you eat this time of year!

Make these delicious, pumpkin, sugary pieces of perfection and watch everyone fall in love with pumpkin!

Ingredients:

YOUR Favorite pumpkin pie filling (Libby's easy pumkin pie mix)
7 cups unbleached bread flour

¼ cup brown sugar (can use honey or any sweetener 1:1)

1 tsp salt

2 Tbsp SAF-instant premium yeast

2 tsp  Soy liquid lecithin
 (Do not measure, just easy squeezy quarter size squirts) 


Filling
2 tsp. pumpkin spice
4 Tbsp. Melted Butter
2 Tbsp. Cinnamon
1 cup Brown Sugar

Prepare your favorite pumpkin pie filling. Add the ¼ cup brown sugar, 2 tbsp yeast, 2 tsp liquid soy lecithin, 1 tsp salt to the filling and mix. Add bread flour slowly until you get workable dough. Roll out to about ¼” thick.

FILLING: Brush melted butter over dough. Mix cinnamon, brown sugar and pumpkin spice together and then spread over melted butter on dough. Roll dough into log. Take dental floss (or any cutting utensil) and cut pieces to about 1” thick rolls. Place in greased baking dish, cover and let rise for about 15-20 minutes. Then bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Take out let cool for 5 minutes then drizzle with caramel icing, cream cheese icing or both!

Caramel Icing:
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash salt
1/4 to 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
Melt butter in a saucepan; stir in brown sugar and milk. Cook and stir over medium-low heat for 1 minute. Stir in vanilla, salt and 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar; beat until well blended. Add more sugar, if necessary, to achieve desired consistency.

Cream Cheese Icing:
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup milk
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the sugar and vanilla.