There are so many darling recipes out there for making pumpkin-shaped bread and rolls. Usually they involve rying string or dental floss around the bread to shape it.Here are some of my favorite figural pumpkin bread and rolls recipes from blogs, Instagram and YouTube.
Here's a beautiful Halloween pumpkin bread loaf baking demonstration from ChainBaker on YouTube.
How to Make a Beautiful Halloween Pumpkin Bread
These chewy pumpkin shaped dinner rolls are so cute! I bet you can guess what Curly Girl Kitchen uses for the stems!
Here's the Simply So Good blog's take on pumpkin buns. The recipe calls for herbed butter.
Pumpkin Buns With Herb Butter
These pumpkin bread rolls are made from the Eat Little Bird blogger's Japanese buns recipe. She uses a bit of pumpkin puree to give the rolls an orange hue.
Pumpkin Bread Rolls from Eat Little Bird
Cooking with Claudy provides a thorough, well-filmed demonstration of how to make pumpkin shaped bread rolls.
This Pumpkin/Pumpkin Shaped Bread Rolls is so Soft/Easy. I didn't stop eating since I made it.
Here's a recipe for a big loaf of pumpkin shaped bread from Skandi Baking. Serve this with a hearty pumpkin stew!
Pumpkin Shaped Bread Loaf - Skandibaking
Tessa from the Handle the Heat blog accompanies her pumpkin bread rolls with cinnamon butter. She uses the cinnamon sticks as little stems for the pumpkin rolls.
Pumpkin Bread Rolls with Cinnamon Butter
Here's a recipe for making a lovely pumpkin sourdough bread loaf. It's from the Farmhouse on Boone blog.
Pumpkin Sourdough Bread
Here's an artisan pumpkin sourdough bread recipe from the Country Roads Sourdough blog. It's a sweet pumpkin spice loaf that uses pumpkin puree.
Artisan Pumpkin Sourdough Bread
Here's Vindi's recipe for a beautiful decorative pumpkin sourdough loaf. Her blog is My Love of Baking.
Decorative Pumpkin Sourdough - MyLoveOfBaking
This sourdough pumpkin-shaped bread loaf incorporates ginger for added flavor. The recipe is from the King Arthur Baking website.
Sourdough Ginger Pumpkin Bread
Chef John from Food Wishes shares his recipe for soft pumpkin buns made with a simple dough. Unlike most recipes, he makes the stem from the dough itself rather than a cinnamon stick or pretzel stick.
Pumpkin-Shaped Dinner Rolls – Food Wishes
This pumpkin dinner roll recipe from Jamie at Tales of Pastry uses light brown sugar and pumpkin puree.
Pumpkin shaped Pumpkin Buns - Tales of Pastry
Here's a vegan, gluten-free recipe for figural pumpkin buns that doesn't call for yeast either. The recipe is from the Nourishing Amy blog.
Here's a lovely pumpkin sourdough bread rolls recipe for fall from Elise. Her blog is Baked by Elise.
Pumpkin Sourdough Bread Rolls - Bread By Elise
Tasha gives the clearest step-by-step instructions for making these pillowy pumpkin shaped dinner rolls. Her blog is Tasha's Artisan Foods. There's a few too many ads on the page though, sadly.
Pumpkin Bread Rolls - Tasha's Artisan Foods
This recipe for pumpkin shaped bread rolls made with turmeric is by Daniela at the Dani's Cookings blog.
Turmeric Pumpkin Shaped Breads
Here is Baker Bettie's take at pumpkin shaped artisan bread loaves for autumn. She's a super famous blogger, known for helping people become better bakers.
Pumpkin Shaped Artisan Bread, Pumpkin Bread I Baker Bettie
Here's a helpful tutorial on how to make pumpkin shaped bread, from a gluten-free blog called Let Them Eat Gluten Free Cake.
How to Make Pumpkin Shaped Bread
Peyten does a great job of showing us each step along the way of making an adorable figural pumpkin bread from scratch. It turned out so cute in her video. Like many, she uses a cinnamon stick for the stem.
Super Easy 1 Hour Pumpkin Bread Recipe🎃
This YouTube tutorial on making pumpkin shaped bread in a Dutch oven is by Le Creuset, the iconic cookware company.
Pumpkin-Shaped Dutch Oven Bread
This recipe for sourdough pumpkin shaped bread is from Lo's Kitchen. They show you how to proof the bread overnight in your fridge, and give tips on the dough not sticking to the parchment paper. They want you to bake the dough in a Dutch oven.
Pumpkin Shaped Artisan Bread - Lo's Kitchen
If you're stretched for time, here's a no-knead Dutch oven pumpkin shaped bread recipe from the Inspiration for Moms blog.
Here's a loaf of pumpkin shaped bread that uses seven ingredients. This recipe is from the Plantifully Based cooking blog. The author aimed for a fluffy bread that's still dense and chewy.
Pumpkin Shaped Bread Loaf - Plantifully Based
I really appreciated the many helpful step-by-step photos from this blog post over at Sugar Geek Show. She really makes it easy to follow along as she makes pumpkin shaped bread.
Easy Pumpkin Shaped Bread
I really love the decorative cuts that the blogger behind My Diverse Kitchen made to decorate this rustic pumpkin bread. It looks so pretty!
Rustic Pumpkin Bread
Cookbook author Juliet Sear shares her tips on making a pillowy, dark topped pumpkin bread here in this YouTube video.
How to Make Pumpkin Shaped Bread (YouTube)
I love that this pumpkin shaped bread recipe is different from all the others I've listed here. These are mini pumpkin spice rolls! The recipe is from the Bread & Basil blog.
Mini Pumpkin Spice Sourdough Rolls — Bread & Basil
These mini pumpkin loaves seem to turn out really cute! The recipe is from the Baking by Cece blog.
Mini Pumpkin Loaves - Baking By Cece
Here's a fantastic video on how to make mini pumpkin shaped sourdough bread bowls, and how to cook the soup you're going to serve in them!
AMAZING Mini Pumpkin Sourdough Bread Bowls - BEGINNER FRIENDLY RECIPE
Kelly shares her tricks for baking a pumpkin shaped sourdough loaf for fall, without the kitchen string sticking!
The Tricks to Baking a Pumpkin Shaped Sourdough Loaf of Fall Bread with Kitchen String No Sticking
Here's the recipe from popular food blog Food52 for how to make pumpkin shaped bread their way. Prep time is 24 hours!
Pumpkin-Shaped Sourdough Loaf
The Foodieaholic blog teaches their way of making pumpkin shaped bread and baking it for the holidays.
Pumpkin Shaped Bread: A Fun and Festive Artisan Loaf
This helpful video from Little Hands Kitchen teaches us to make pumpkin shaped bread without the use of a Dutch Oven. Measurements are given in grams, metric style.
Make Pumpkin-shaped Bread Without A Dutch Oven | Easy No Knead Bread Recipe
I find these pumpkin shaped bread bowls so delightful! I'd love to serve a hearty autumn stew in them. This recipe is from the That Bread Lady blog.
Pumpkin Shaped Bread Bowls
I always enjoy stopping by Haniela's food blog. She comes up with the most unique recipes - and tasty looking ones too! Here is her recipe for adorable pumpkin-shaped soft pretzel bites. Great for an appetizer if you're hosting a Christmas cocktail p...
Pumpkin Shaped Soft Pretzel Bites Recipe
Here are pumpkin-shaped pretzel rolls that look absolutely delicious. Serve them with your Thanksgiving dinner!
Pumpkin Shaped Pretzel Rolls - seitan is my motor
Here's a clever, unique recipe for pumpkin spice pretzels that are also pumpkin shaped! It's from the Harmony Lynn blog.
Pumpkin Spice Pretzels - Harmony Lynn
The Rice Flour blog shares a video on how to make pumpkin shaped dinner rolls, and includes a bonus recipe for making pumpkin smoothies.
How to make Pumpkin Dinner Rolls (recipe with video)
Here's the official pumpkin dinner rolls recipe from The Great British Bake Off. They of course use an egg wash on top for shine and color.
Pumpkin Rolls recipe - The Great British Bake Off
The Life is a Party blog shares their pumpkin dinner rolls recipe, and uses fresh herbs to simulate the stems.
Pumpkin Shaped Dinner Rolls
Here's a healthier take on pumpkin shaped bread from the Hunger Thirst Play blog. They use whole wheat sourdough flour to make the loaf.
Whole Wheat Sourdough Pumpkin Bread
Ok, this isn't a bread recipe, but the mini brie puff pastry pumpkins are so cute, I had to slip this into my list! The recipe is from the Thai Caliente blog.
Mini Brie Pumpkins with Puff Pastry
These are giant fluffy pumpkin shaped dinner rolls. They're from the Steam & Bake blog. Love the orange hue that shows when they're sliced open!
This harvest bread recipe from the Simply So Good blog utilizes seeds and nuts on the top of the pumpkin for look and texture. The blogger who shares this recipe is Janet.
No-Knead Pumpkin Harvest Bread
Here's a pumpkin-shaped sourdough boule from the Cup of Sugar: Pinch of Salt blog that Katja Suletski runs.
Pumpkin-shaped Sourdough Boule
The promo photo for this blog post makes the pumpkin bread look a little overbaked. But just in case, here's a sourdough bread recipe from Amy Bakes Bread.
How to Make Pumpkin Shaped Sourdough Bread
How cute are these? In a refreshing departure from pumpkin-shaped bread, here is a recipe for pumpkin shaped chocolate cinnamon rolls. This recipe was featured on the popular Nourishing Amy blog.
Liz from the Waiting for Blancmange blog shows us how to make pumpkin shaped buns made from pumpkin yeast bread.
Pumpkin Yeast Bread - Waiting for Blancmange
Rebecca, from the Sugar and Soul blog, shows us how to make festive pumpkin dinner rolls from yeasted dough, and then use almonds as the stems.
Festive Pumpkin Dinner Rolls
Rene, who runs The Savory Vegan blog, introduces us to her cute pumpkin-shaped pizza bites.
Pumpkin Shaped Pizza Bites
Hali, a French-trained baker, shows us her recipe for rustic sourdough bread made in the shape of a pumpkin.
Pumpkin sourdough bread
Here's something I haven't seen before! Jesha from Jesha's Bakery shares her recipe for inventive pumpkin-shaped sourdough bagels. Love the color they turned out!
Pumpkin Shaped Sourdough Bagels - Jesha's
Here's a recipe for pumpkin-shaped tear-and-share cheesy dough balls. It reminds me somewhat of Monkey bread, only this is savory and has cheese on top.
Pumpkin-Shaped Tear And Share Doughballs | Tesco Real Food
The Coffee & Champagne blog introduces us to the idea of using honey pumpkin butter glaze on our pumpkin shaped dinner rolls.
Pumpkin shaped dinner rolls with honey pumpkin butter
I love that these pumpkin cinnamon buns are liberally dusted with cinnamon and sugar. What a treat! The recipe is from the Flour Arrangements blog.
Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns
These brioche pumpkins are from the For the Love of Butter blog. Yes, they do require quite a bit of butter to make them!
Brioche Pumpkins
Here's a nice recipe for chewy, slightly sweet pumpkin-shaped bagels. I would skip the weird looking green food coloring whatever it is in the middle though. Just use a cinnamon stick, almond or pretzel for the stem like everybody else does.
Fall pumpkin shaped bagels
Here's a pumpkin shaped buns recipe for the vegan crowd.
Little Vegan Pumpkin-Shaped Buns — choartemi
Here's a cute recipe for a pumpkin-shaped loaf of pull-apart bread pizza. I'd have a nice garlic aioli, marinara or ranch dressing nearby for dipping purposes.
Autumn Pumpkin Shaped Pull Apart Bread - Journey to SAHM
The Domestically Blissful blog shared this cute recipe for pumpkin cinnamon rolls. She did a great job on them!