Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving! Gobble, gobble. 
Last night I was busy prepping the items I was charged with bringing to Thanksgiving today. You remember…ROLLS, breakfast casserole and Pumpkin Pie Mousse!
I also took it upon myself to whip up a recipe that’s been burning a hole in my back pocket for about a month now…Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing. Made with my arch nemesis – YEAST!
That’s right – I stared my fear of baking with yeast dead in the face and said – I WILL conquer you. And I WILL conquer you with this epic, Autumn-inspired breakfast delight!
And it worked! Look at the tender, risen, baked-to-golden-brown perfection cinnamon rolls!
I didn’t take pictures of the step-by-step process because I didn’t want photographic evidence lying around if the whole thing turned into a disaster…
But now that I know it CAN be done I’ll TOTALLY be repeating. Baking with yeast is no sweat and totally worth the effort when these gooey, Fall-spiced, pumpkin cinnamon rolls drizzled with luscious cream cheese icing are the end result!
Sorry but…I’m really proud of these. I just love when new adventures in the kitchen work out.
I also made a big Breakfast Casserole for the family. I tried this recipe from Allrecipes.com, but used maple breakfast sausage instead of regular sausage, used 6-7 eggs (I can’t remember now!) and added pepper and green onion.
AWESOME! Seriously – so simple, great flavors and the sweetness from the maple was a great contrast to the cheese, onions and eggs. Plus you make it the night before and bake in the a.m. Sweet!
Well my Mom and I walked per usual this morning, I’ve had my fill of breakfast and I’ll be sitting down with a mimosa in about 5 minutes to watch The Rockette’s, Snoopy and Santa make their way down Broadway Ave in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I love the holidays!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 
Oh my goodness those rolls looks amazing! Happy Thanksgiving, sitting here with coffee watching the parade
yum! now I want a cinnamon roll!
YUM!!!!!! Both of those breakfast eats look GREAT!! I WILL conquer my yeast fear over Christmas break – you are my inspiration!! I really want to make homemade pizza dough or something….or maybe just rolls! My biggest question is: where did you put your rolls to rise??
I just put them on the counter. I debated putting them on top of the stove and turning the oven on so it would be slightly warm under the rolls, but I got scared… Leaving them on the counter worked fine!
If the sun is shining, my mom will cover rolls with plastic wrap (spray them with PAM so it doesn’t stick) and put them in the sunlight….in the back of a car, etc.
Happy Thanksgiving! ooo a mimosa – love it!!!
congrats on conquering yeast. those look fantastic!
That looks fantastic! Yeast is SO tricky but it really isn’t that scary. How did you get the temp of the water right, though? I usually just guess…sometimes I get it, sometimes I dont :/ Do you use a food thermometer or something? Have an awesome Thanksgiving!
I just guessed. The directions said 110 degrees, so I just put my finger under the tap and when it felt hotter than what a hot tub would usually feel like, that’s what I used!
I made those rolls a while back…it looks like yours turned out better! Mine were a little dry. That casserole looks yum!
Happy Thanksgiving!
The breakfast casserole looks and sounds absolutely divine.
But…those cinnamon rolls.OMG!!!!My mouth is watering just thinking about them.
We obviously don’t have Thanksgiving in South Africa,but all these foods are making me feel like moving to America,just for the good eats!
I love baking bread! From the smell of the yeast dough as it’s mixing up, to the tactile feel of kneading it, plus it tastes so much better than store-bought bread. I should make it more often than I do. Your cinnamon rolls look awesome and the breakfast casserole sounds yummy, too.
I love breakfast casseroles, for the holidays. We always put one together on Christmas Eve, for eating on Christmas morning!
Yeah! Those cinnamon rolls look awesome! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Happpy Thanksgiving & Congrats on the delicious rolls! They look awesome!
Happy Thanksgiving girl!
AMAZING!!! I too have my issues with “yeast” all started when I was a teenager and tried to make cinnamon rolls for my Dad from scratch, after several tries and fails I finally gave up and have never tried again but after seeing you succeed and how great they look I might just have to try again. =)
Oh my gosh, they look fabulous! Too bad I couldn’t come over for breakfast!
Happy Thanksgiving.
I knew you could do it! BRAVO!!!
Happy Thanksgiving.
And now a whole new world of deliciousness has opened up to you! Congrats!
These look delicious! Great work!
I haven’t posted to my blog yet, but my rolls and your rolls could not be any different! That is all I am saying! You will die laughing!
Happy Thanksgiving IGE and IGE Readers!
I have a can of pumpkin in my pantry and a block of cream cheese in my fridge that is just begging to be turned into these rolls this weekend! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you so much for the link for your pumpkin cinnamon rolls. I loved all the tips. I am scared to use yeast too. I can’t wait to try these, or the breakfast casserole for Christmas. Hubs has never ever had breakfast casserole. It’s a staple of my work breakfasts. I LOVE them. Happy Thanksgiving!
That casserole is going to be my birthday breakfast on Sunday! Yummy!
Happy belated Thanksgiving! And wow, your pumpkin cinnamon rolls look divine!
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