Description
Pumpkin Crescent Roll-Up Bake is delicious fall breakfast recipe and also a very satisfying dessert. This recipe is a fun twist on your favourite pumpkin crescents, French toast and pull apart bread.
Ingredients
- 2 x 8 oz. cans refrigerated Crescent Dough Sheet (or Crescent Rolls)
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter- melted
- Maple syrup-for serving
Pumpkin Filling:
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 3 Tablespoon light brown sugar
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg yolk
Sugar-Cinnamon Coating:
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar (or granulated sugar)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray, and line bottom with parchment paper.
- Place pumpkin puree on several layer of paper towel, cover with a few more layers of paper towel and let it sit for 5 minutes to drain the excess of liquid.
- To make the pumpkin filling, whisk together pumpkin puree, sugar, brown sugar, spices and egg yolk.
- In a shallow bowl whisk together about ¼ cup of sugar or light brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon, then set aside.
- Unroll cans of dough on lightly floured work surface. Pat dough to even out edges, and flatten to form 12×8-inch rectangle. If using crescent roll dough pinch the perforation to seal.
- With pizza cutter (or sharp knife), make 2 cut lengthwise and 3 cuts crosswise ( to cut each rectangle into 4 rows horizontally and 3 rows vertically) to make 12 (4 x 4 inches) squares. From 2 cans of dough you will have 24 squares.
- Gently spread pumpkin filling in center of each square, leaving 1/4-inch edge. Roll each square and pinch seam into dough to secure filling.
- Place each roll in a bowl with cinnamon-sugar mixture and turn to coat it well. Cut each roll-up in half, and place in the pan starting from outside edge and working in toward center of cake pan. Leave a space between each roll.
- Drizzle top with melted butter and bake 38 to 45 minutes or until golden brown and baked through. Tent the top with aluminium foil if start browning too much.
- Run knife around side of pan to loosen. Cool pan on cooling rack 5 minutes. Serve warm, drizzled with maple syrup. or a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.