Pumpkin Shaped Cinnamon Rolls

5 from 33 votes

Pumpkin Shaped Cinnamon Rolls are a fun and easy fall dessert. By tying kitchen string around store-bought rolls or homemade dough you get a cinnamon roll that is shaped like a pumpkin.

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cinnamon rolls

Servings: Servings

Calories: 261kcal

Author: Angela Morris

Equipment

Kitchen string
Kitchen scissors
Baking sheet
Parchment paper

Ingredients

1 package Pillsbury cinnamon rolls
3 Cinnamon sticks cut in half

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350° F. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cut each cinnamon stick in half using kitchen shears, set aside.
Cut a length of kitchen string long enough to wrap around the cinnamon roll 2 times. Lay the string across the roll, turn the roll over and cross the string over each other, turn the roll and wrap the string around the other side. Turning the roll and wrapping the string until you get 8 even sections. Tie the string in a knot and trim the edges. Turn the rolls over so the knot bakes under the roll.
Bake for 23-27 minutes until golden brown and cooked through, according to the package instructions.
Let cool for a few minutes then cut the strings and carefully remove them. Pull slowly so you don’t rip the roll.
Top with the frosting provided and push a cinnamon stick half in the center as the pumpkin stem.

Notes

You don’t have to pull the string tight as you wrap the roll, just wrap it so there isn’t slack in the string.
Try and wrap the string so that the loose edge of the cinnamon roll is tied down. That will help with the pumpkin shape.
Allow the cinnamon roll to cool slightly before removing the string and frosting them.
Bake the roll with the knot underneath.
You can easily double to triple this recipe.

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