Pumpkin Style Sweet Potato Brioche Rolls

By Chris Scheuer | Updated on February 19, 2018

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Pumpkin Style Sweet Potato Brioche Rolls - a delicious, seasonal, fun variation on a super dinner roll recipe.

Trouble. It seems that I'm forever getting into the T-word in one form or another; for example, I'm often, almost always in a hurry, (aka as in major multitasking). Consequently, when opening a package of cereal, popcorn, crackers, etc. I don't usually do it "the proper" way; I just tear open the box any-which-way. My husband and son say it looks like "a wild animal" got into the box after I'm done with it. Trouble.

Pumpkin Brioche Rolls

And it's the craziest things that get me in trouble. You probably wouldn't think vitamins would be a problem, right? ............... Wrong. My dear husband sets out a little cup of vitamins for me every day. I always have the best intentions, but then the day gets going and I get carried away. Many days they sit all day long (or all week long - editor addition) and when Scott walks in the door after work, that cute little cup of vitamins is still sitting right there. Trouble.

Then there's the toilet. At our house, if you don't hold the handle down for what seems like ten seconds (my husband says it's only three), the flushing mechanism doesn't do "it's thing". The "stuff" doesn't go anywhere or even worse, gets "stuck". For someone who's always in a hurry, that's trouble .......... big trouble.

I could go on and on as there are a myriad of other "trouble-tales" to tell, but I'll share just one more. It's a bit of culinary trouble that I often get into. This one has to do with my curiosity and propensity to try new things. In this case, it's recipes. Though I have a ton of great recipes, I'm aways thinking that, perhaps, there might just be a better one that I'm missing. You never know, right?That's not what my family thinks. "Stick with a good thing". "If it's not broken, don't fix it". "Remember that wonderful (blank, blank) you used to make?" My daughter, Cait, summed up the problem quite concisely in her post The Best Ever Marinara Sauce. Families really do, at times, enjoy the-same-old-same-old, especially if it's delightfully delicious ... Point well taken, Cait!

However, this brioche recipe never gets me in trouble. It's an old stand-by I've stuck with for a long time. When I want really good dinner rolls, sandwich buns or even sweet rolls, this is my go-to, tried-and-true recipe. The dough is easy to throw together with the dough hook on my mixer doing most of the work. The finished bread is tender and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. I've had a lot of fun with this recipe over the years, adapting it here and there, like with these Decoupaged Brioche Rolls, these Brioche Buns with Fresh Rosemary and these Twirly-Swirly Pecan Cinnamon Brioche Rolls.

This time, feeling in a fall-ish mood, I added mashed, cooked sweet potato and, just for fun, cut little slits around the sides of the rolls, just before baking, so they'd resemble little pumpkins.

Pumpkin Roll Cutting - Pumpkin Style Sweet Potato Brioche Rolls - a delicious, seasonal, fun variation on a super dinner roll recipe.

We loved the moistness and subtle flavor that the sweet potatoes added, definitely a nice touch for this autumn season.

If you're a regular friend of The Café, these rolls may sound familiar to you. Yup, it's the same recipe I used for the sandwich rolls on my Rosemary-Root Beer Pulled Pork post.

Trust me, no matter what shape you make these Sweet Potato Brioche Rolls in, they'll be a winner..... and who knows maybe they'll even keep you out of trouble....me?....probably not!

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