Pumpkin Roll . . . .

I've mentioned before on this blog that when it comes to baking.....I'm just not often successful!  In fact, I have never...ever.....tried a recipe with the word "roll" in it.....as in "jelly roll"!


So when I saw recipes for pumpkin roll floating around the blog world, I was envious.....it looked so good, but could I pull off a recipe like that???

But guess what.....I DID it!!  And it actually tasted good!!

Two things have always hindered me from making "roll" recipes.....I don't know what a "jelly roll pan" is and I didn't know what parchment paper was.

This is parchment paper....

You find it the same place you buy aluminum foil and your other wraps.

I still am not sure what a "jelly roll pan" is, but I just used my normal cookie sheet and it worked fine!


To prep your baking sheet....I sprayed the pan with oil (maybe that was overkill??) and then I sprayed the parchment paper with oil.  


I was using 2 different recipes for guidance and each one gave different directions.....does that drive you crazy??? I get overwhelmed by the choice...which way is correct??  So....I merged the 2 recipes and it all worked out!

The pumpkin roll part...

I added 1 cup of sugar to 3 eggs...

And then mixed in 2/3 cup of pumpkin...

I then added 1 tsp. of baking soda, 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon and 1 tsp. salt and mixed those in...

Then, I added 3/4 cup of flour and thoroughly mixed.

I spread the pumpkin mixture on my greased parchment paper and baked it at 400 degrees for 12-14 minutes.  You want to bake it until you can press your finger into the pumpkin and it "springs" back.

Meanwhile......while your pumpkin roll is baking, you want to take a dish towel and cover it in powdered sugar....

I used a bit too much powdered sugar!

When your pumpkin roll is finished, remove it from the oven and turn it onto your powdered towel.....it should easily come off the parchment paper.  

Right away, while it's hot, roll it up in the powdered sugar towel...

Really....it's in there somewhere!

The cream cheese filling.....

Mix together 2 Tab. butter

1 package of softened cream cheese 

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 cup of powdered sugar

Unroll your roll and spread the filling to the edges.....and then roll it back up!

And that....was...it!!  I DID it!!  


My first "roll" dessert!!

I was amazed by how simple it was to make, yet how "fancy" it looked!  I ended up cutting mine it half so that I had two nights of dessert!

Happy baking!