Puff Pastry Pumpkin Rolls

August 30, 2022 *Updated* September 13, 2022 / By: Gloria Duggan | Homemade & Yummy 46 Comments

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Puff Pastry Pumpkin Rolls are the perfect Fall dessert. Puff pasty filled with delicious pumpkin spice puree filling, topped with a maple glaze.

Just what you need alongside a pumpkin latte! If you love cinnamon rolls, these sweet rolls are sure to please. Made in just over 30 minutes.

Puff Pastry Pumpkin Rolls on a white plate.

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RECIPE and INSTRUCTIONS for these mini pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls can be found at the bottom of this post.

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Ingredients Needed For This Simple Puff Pastry Dessert

Ingredients to make pumpkin rolls with puff pastry.

Pumpkin puree – not pie filling
Puff pastry – frozen or homemade
Maple sugar
Cinnamon
Ginger
Cloves
Icing sugar
Maple syrup
Water

Baking Puff Pastry Pumpkin Rolls

Full instructions are in the recipe card below. Be sure to check out the great substitutions and recipe tips.

Steps in filling, rolling and cutting pumpkin rolls.

Thaw the puff pastry according to package directions.
Combine the pumpkin puree with the spices.
Spread over puff pastry.
Roll and cut.
Place on a baking sheet and bake until golden brown.

Glazing the fresh baked pumpkin cinnamon rolls.

Once baked remove from the oven.
Prepare glaze.
Drizzle and allow to set.

In just over 30 minutes from start to finish, you will have some fresh baked easy-to-make pumpkin rolls. The hardest part is letting them cool before eating.

Maple glazed cinnamon rolls made with pumpkin filling.

Suggestions/Recipe Tips

Pumpkin Puree – I used canned, but feel free to use homemade. Did you know you can freeze puree? Yup, I do it all the time. I open the can, use what I need and freeze the rest for later.

Pumpkin Spice – This recipe used a combination of cinnamon, ginger and cloves. You can adjust the amount according to your taste. You can also use a blend found in grocery stores, or make your own homemade spice blend.

Additions – You can add some nuts or pumpkin seeds before rolling.

Maple Sugar – Can be replaced with brown sugar.

A plate of fresh baked and glazed pumpkin sweet rolls.

Glaze – If you prefer, you can omit it, or make it with vanilla instead of syrup. A cream cheese frosting is a great alternative.

Size/Baking – I made these small, but if you roll the dough starting at the shorter end, the rolls will be larger (cut them into 8). You may have to adjust the baking time. You can also bake them in muffin tins if you prefer.

Serving/Storing – These are best eaten on the day they are baked. To store, place in a covered container. Note, that the pasty will not be as flaky, but they are still delicious. They will last about 3-4 days at room temperature. I personally would not freeze these rolls.

A cinnamon roll made with pumpkin and glazed with maple icing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is puff pastry the same as phyllo dough?

Puff pastry has a higher fat content with flaky layers. It is much thicker and richer and contains lots of butter. Phyllo dough is paper thin sheets of pastry. Once layered and baked, the end result is crispy and flaky pastry. Both of these can be homemade, or easily found frozen in the grocery store.

Are pumpkin puree and pie filling the same thing?

No, they are not. The puree is just cooked, mashed pumpkin, and/or winter squash, with nothing added.
Pie filling has all the sweetness and spices added. Just pour and bake.

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