Pull-Apart Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Bread w/ Buttered Rum Glaze

By Lorena_321

Ingredients

• Bread:
• 2 T. butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 1/4 t. (1 envelope) active dry yeast
• 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 t. salt
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 t. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 t. fresh ground nutmeg
• 2 T. butter
• Glaze:
• 2 T. butter
• 1/8 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 T. milk
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 t. to 1 T. rum (can substitute vanilla extract)

Preparation

Step 1

In a saucepan over medium-high heat, brown 2 T. butter, letting it bubble up and turn a dark golden brown, but being careful not to allow it to burn. Once browned, remove the pan from the heat and carefully add the milk, return to stove and heat through. Pour the milk and butter into the bowl of standing mixer (fitted with a dough hook) and allow to cool so it is no longer hot, but also not cool. Once it has reached a warm, but not hot temperature, add the yeast and 1/4 cup of sugar and allow to proof (this can take up to 8 minutes, the top will look foamy and the liquid cloudy). Then add the pumpkin, salt and 1 cup of flour. Stir until combined, then add the rest of the flour, 1/2 cup at a time, and knead for 6 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic and just slightly sticky. If the dough is too moist, add extra flour 1 T. at a time.
Move dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a clean towel. Allow to rise in a warm place for 60-90 minutes or until doubled in size. While dough is rising, brown another 2 T. of butter. Mix the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside. Next, grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan and set aside.
When the dough has doubled in size, punch it down and flip out onto a clean floured surface and knead with hands for 1-2 minutes. Roll dough into a 20x12" rectangle. Brush with melted, browned butter. Evenly sprinkle the dough with the cinnamon sugar mixture and press into dough with palms of the hand. Cut the rectangle into 6 strips. Lay strips on top of each other and cut each strip into 6 even squares (cut in half then each half into thirds).
Stack strips vertically into the loaf pan. Cover the pan with a clean towel and let rise for 30-45 minutes.
In the meantime, preheat an oven to 350 degrees. After rising in the pan, bake for 30-40 minutes or until top is a very deep golden brown.
To prepare glaze, heat the butter, milk and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to boil then immediately remove the pan from the heat and stir in the rum and powdered sugar.