Pumpkin Fry Bread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Butter

Fry bread is usually a scrumptious little deal with, much like a donut or beignet, however with its personal distinctive fashion. On this recipe, we’ve taken conventional American fry bread and added a bit pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice. The result’s a superbly gentle fried dough stuffed with pumpkin fall flavors. As if that wasn’t sufficient, we serve it up with a cinnamon cream cheese butter that you simply’ll need to unfold on all the pieces!

We even have an genuine Native American fry bread recipe in case you are on the lookout for a extra conventional choice.

Why Our Recipe

Fry bread will get a scrumptious fall twist with the addition of pumpkin and pumpkin spices.
The cinnamon cream cheese butter takes them excessive.
This can be a deal with so crave-able it’ll shortly turn into a celebrated household custom.

An overhead view of pumpkin fry bread on a wire rack with a bowl of cinnamon cream cheese frosting on the side.

My first expertise with this recipe was in a school culinary class and I immediately fell in love. In Utah, we frequently name fry bread scones which is usually a little complicated to anybody not from the world for the reason that British are fairly dominant with their model of scones. There was even a quick meals chain referred to as Sconecutter that served all types of scones, each savory and candy. These are nonetheless recognized in our family as Pumpkin Scones.

It’s a household custom that I make these each fall. Pumpkin Scone Day is a day we look ahead to. It’s a day we crave. It’s a day we rejoice and rejoice. I’m severe. The thrill it generates is unbelievable. We simply need to shout it from the rooftops to the world. IT’S PUMPKIN SCONE DAY! You’d assume this was ridiculous until you tried one. After which, nicely, you’d begin anticipating pumpkin scone day too, prefer it’s Christmas. While you put one in your mouth, all smothered in cinnamon cream cheese butter, and it melts….nicely, that’s simply one thing price celebrating. So, blissful pumpkin scone day! Wherever and at any time when you’re!

Ingredient Notes

An overhead view of the ingredients needed to make pumpkin fry bread.

On the spot Dry Yeast: You can even use lively dry yeast in the identical quantity.
Granulated Sugar: It’s only a small quantity to feed the yeast.
Heat Milk: The milk must be heat, not sizzling, to assist the yeast activate. If it’s too sizzling, it could kill the yeast.
All-purpose Flour: The precise quantity you want all the time varies so you may add it slowly and go by really feel. The dough ought to be gentle however not sticky.
Spices: Cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves give all the autumn flavors.
Chilly Butter: The butter ought to be chilly and reduce into items earlier than incorporating into the flour.
Pumpkin Puree: Use 100% pure pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling. You’ll discover it within the baking aisle, usually close to the canned items.
Vegetable Oil: That is used for frying. Be certain to make use of a impartial oil with a excessive smoke level, resembling canola, sunflower, or peanut oil.
Cream Cheese: For the cinnamon cream cheese butter, make sure that the cream cheese is softened so it blends easily.
Butter (softened): The butter must also be softened for straightforward mixing.

Different Topping Choices

The cinnamon cream cheese butter is a household favourite for us, however you may be happy to be artistic and serve these up nonetheless you’d like!

Candy Toppings: Strive serving your fry bread with basic honey butter, a drizzle of maple syrup, or dusted with powdered sugar for a less complicated, candy deal with. You can even make a easy maple glaze by whisking 1 cup of powdered sugar with 1/2 teaspoon maple extract and a bit milk to skinny it out to your required consistency.

Savory Twist: Fry bread can simply go savory! Make a “fry bread taco” by topping with shredded meat, cheese, bitter cream, and salsa. You can even add some garlic butter and herbs for a scrumptious aspect to soups or stews.

A pile of pumpkin fry bread lathered with cinnamon cream cheese butter.

No stand mixer? No downside!

You may simply make this fry bread dough by hand! Begin by mixing your dry substances in a big bowl and reducing within the chilly butter with a pastry cutter or fork till it resembles coarse crumbs. Subsequent, add the yeast combination, egg, and pumpkin puree, and stir all the pieces along with a picket spoon till the dough begins to come back collectively.

As soon as the dough is simply too thick to stir, switch it to a floured floor and knead it by hand for about 5-7 minutes. You’ll know the dough is prepared when it turns into easy, elastic, and just a bit cheesy, however not sticky. From there, let it rise as directed and proceed with the recipe.

Make Forward Choice

You may put together the dough the night time earlier than by protecting the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerating it in a single day as an alternative of letting it rise on the counter. Within the morning, take the dough out and permit it to come back to room temperature earlier than continuing with the recipe as directed.

Fry bread is greatest loved contemporary and sizzling proper out of the fryer. We don’t suggest frying these prematurely, as they lose their crispness over time.