Healthy Pumpkin Stuffed Dough Balls; 2 Ways! An easy pumpkin filled snack that you can make in 30 minutes. Sweet or savory, you choose! All you need is your choice of milk, gluten free flour, and filling! Great for holidays, appetizers, snacks, and breakfast to go, etc. Paleo or Vegan Friendly.
Hello OCTOBER!! It’s official, I can finally go bonkers for Pumpkin! Ya, I know. Many are already there, but remember, I have my no pumpkin till October rule. Just my preference. Plus it’s given me time to test out these pumpkin recipes. You see, I have a husband who isn’t found of pumpkin. GASP! He must be from another planet, haha. Actually, he’s just from another country. But still, pumpkin is not his favorite.
That being said, I was DETERMINED to make several pumpkin recipes that he (and everyone else) would like. No fear of failure here. If he didn’t like it, I would test it out on others or it just meant the pumpkin recipe was all mine.
Side note: 2 pumpkin recipes I made over and created something even better. But you will see those recipes later on.
Anyway, about this PUMPKIN stuffed recipe. Yes, I said stuffed, and two ways. Pumpkin stuffed savory and pumpkins stuffed sweet and vegan friendly. I aim to please all, remember?
But before I get to the pumpkin stuffed filling. Let me explain why you need two ways to make these, ok?Because you (we) always need more portable snacks. Or portable training food. Similar to these!
- Because you (we) need an easy recipe that could be used for ANY meal for anyone. Meaning —> BALANCED, kid friendly, paleo or vegan friendly (if you so choose).
That being said….
I give you PUMPKIN STUFFED DOUGH BALLS made with grain free flour. One stuffed with pumpkin, savory seasonings, and jack cheese. Get it? Pumpkin and Jack (o-latern). Haha! The other one stuffed with Pumpkin, honey, cinnamon, and nut butter (vegan friendly).
Both doughy and delicious. Both can be tailored to your liking or nutritional needs (post workout recovery, pre workout, snack, breakfast, etc.).
And wanna know the best part? You can make this in about 30 minutes with using a quick dough recipe. No eggs or special yeast needed. Just warm milk or coconut milk and a little coconut sugar. Mix, roll, flattened dough, stuff with filling, then seal up and bake.
Okay, you ready for a double dose of pumpkin? Here’s the recipe. Tweaked twice, eaten multiple times.
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Pumpkin Stuffed Dough Balls
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 7-8 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Pumpkin Stuffed Dough Balls {Sweet or Savory}
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 ½ cup cassava flour (or GF multi purpose flour)
- 1 cup coconut or almond milk
- ½ tsp baking soda
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 tsp sweetener (coconut sugar or honey works)
- melted butter or oil to brush dough before baking
FILLINGS:
- Pumpkin Puree (unsweetened)
Option 1:
- jack cheese or dairy free cheese of choice (½ thumb size cube in each dough ball)
- dash of garlic salt
- any other herbs of choice or savory filling.
Option 2:
- Nut butter (1 or 2 teaspoon in each dough ball)
- dash of cinnamon
- ½ tsp honey or maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Combine your flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda in mixing bow.
- Heat your milk for 1 or 2 minutes in microwave.
- Gradually add in the hot milk and mix dough together until it become a thick dough like batter.
- Scoop out a portion a little small than palm of your hand, roll into a ball.
- Should make around 7-8 balls.
- Press ball flat then place your choice of filling inside. Small spoonful of pumpkin then your other choice of ingredient.
- So if you are making the sweet dough balls, add 1 teaspoon nut butter, small spoonful or less of pumpkin, dash of cinnamon, and a drizzle (½ tsp) of honey. See notes for cheese option.
- Next cup the dough ball in your hand, so that you can close the filling. See picture in hand below.
- Place upside down on baking sheet.
- Repeat the filling for the rest of your dough balls.
- Once on baking sheet, brush each dough ball with a little coconut oil or butter.
- Bake for about 15 – 20 minutes or until dough turns brown.
- I added a sprinkle of coconut sugar on top before baking for the sweet dough balls
Notes
If you want the savory option filling. Add a small spoonful of pumpkin, ½ thumb size cube of cheese, and sprinkle with any seasoning of choice. Maybe ⅛ teaspoon garlic salt, herbs, etc. Do not add sugar on top of before baking like i did with the sweet version. Just brush with melted butter or oil and bake upside down.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Category: snack
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: american
Keywords: dough, pumpkin balls, pumpkin, pumpkin bread
*Pictured for the recipe instructions.*
I still can’t decide which one I like better, so if you make these, let me know! I foresee a pumpkin filled breakfast in your future.
What else can we stuff pumpkin in? Do you have a recipe?
Previous pumpkin recipes you need to “stuff” your kitchen with! 😉
Happy October!
Cheers,
LC
I cant seem to get the dough right it’s too sticky to roll into a ball
Hi Marie! So sorry about that. This is actually a very old recipe we plan on updating. What type of flour did you use?
Hi there!
As always – a huge fan of your creations! But on this one I need a bit of help – I can’t seem to find the picture you mentioned about the “cupping” on how to shape the dough…??? Where am I missing the picture in the hand??? 🙁
Just sent you an email with photo!
I feel like I did something wrong! I had to add double the liquid and they still seemed not right. I’ll try again. Do you have any tips?
Oh no! You mean the dough? Did you use cassava flour?
I can’t wait to try this recipe. Can I use brown rice flour or coconut flour instead of cassava flour for this recipe? I might not be able to get cassava flour where I live.
Brown rice flour might work. Or I’d try a gluten free all purpose flour. Keep me posted!
Sorry what do you mean by cup the dough.Excited to make theses and anything pumpkin because my husband loves pumpkin
just updated the recipe and added the picture back in. I took it out because it was ugly. LOL! Sorry. Let me know if that makes sense now Cheryl.
Yes thanks !!
I’m actually confused about putting the pumpkin in the dough ball. There is no photo with a hand for reference.
oh I accidentally deleted that photo. I can put it back pup. Put you roll out the dough like phyllo, then place a little in the center, the seal it up.
Thanks so much. I think in pictures and if there’s no visual I can get a bit lost. I’m looking forward to making these.
just emailed picture. Let me know if you need another.
These are delicious! I just made some with cashew milk and stuffed with purple sweet potato and cashew butter. You are a genius. Thanks so much for the inspiration. I see more dough balls in my future for sure 🙂
OMG that’s genius! I gotta try with purple sweet potato and cashew butter. YUM!!!!
Cant wait to try these in the savory variety!! I just ordered cassava flour to try them this weekend. thanks for sharing!
let me know when you do!
Oh my goodness I love these! And adore the fact that they can be made sweet or savoury… I think I will go down the savoury route, it’s what my heart tells me when the recipe Is for pumpkin!
Now just to find some cassava flour in Australia!
I’ve honestly been elbow deep in pumpkin since the beginning of August, but that’s because I have a no pumpkin until -September- rule 😛 Your extra time to experiment definitely paid off, though – these look amazing! The only pumpkin stuffed thing I ever had was ravioli, and it was basically heaven in my mouth.
Now I want pumpkin ravioli! And I love all your pumpkin recipes. The more the merrier right? Ps how’s your tech stuff? Need any help? xxoo
These might change my mind about pumpkin this season…Send me some and I’ll let you know! 😉
Oh wow! These babies look so good. I’ll take one of the savory and one of the sweet for dessert. 🙂
I still have yet to try cassava flour. When I google it tapioca flour comes up… is it the same thing?!?
actually is a root starch, similar to sweet potato. Have you tried Ottos cassava?
Same here.. When I google cassava flour tapioca comes up!! Should we give it a try? They look so delicious!!
Have your tried the ottos cassava? It’s on amazon. so good! or you can use bob red mills 1:1 ration gluten free flour here. It’s at most grocers or whole foods. it works great. sweet potato flour as well. Let me know if you need the links.
Thank you but I live in Greece..Can’t find it anywhere!!
Oh, got it! what flours do you have? send me list and i can help substitute
Coconut , quinoa, brown rice, buckwheat, oat, chickpea, almond flour!!
I would try using oat flour or brown rice flour. Add in a few tbsp of chickpea flour too. Does that make sense?
Hmmm perfect!! I will let you know how it turns out!! Thank yoy very much!!
You had me at pumpkin and then I was lost until I heard balls! These look like healthy little jelly, oh wait no so much better than jelly, pumpkin filled donut balls. Not a fan of jelly donuts but I love pumpkin. These also remind me of these things at the Chinese buffets that are so bad but oh so good and suck me in these sugar dough balls. Not sure if they fall in the breakfast or serve with soup category. Definitely intrigued by these.
Yum loving the savory version of these! Like little hand pies! I think these would be fabulous with some soup instead of grilled cheese!
Dough balls? Pumpkin? These are genius!
I love the name of your Jack-o-lanterns, but the sweet version is calling MY name! 🙂
haha yay! someone caught that pun!
So now you’re going to make me go buy cassava flour. This is anti-inflammatory, no? Please tell me I can eat alllll the balls… (that’s what she said).
P.S. How much pumpkin did you use in the sweet filling?
little less than 1 tbsp. Or as much i could fit. haha. small spoonful (2-3 tsp)
p.s. message ottos on IG. I bet they’d love for you to try!
This is one of the most delicious things I have seen – I WILL absolutely be making this!!
let me know if you do!
OH MY – you had me at dough 🙂 These look phenomenal!
seriously –> DOUGHY HEAVEN
I NEED this in my life. You legit had me at dough balls. I could eat bread/pastries all day everyday and adding pumpkin to the mix just blows my mind 😀
do i spy some cheese in there??oh yummmmmm
Your creativity never ceases to inspire me! Both of these options sound amazing! The only question is…which one to make first?
You had me at “pumpkin”. And then “DOUGH”. I love dough. And pumpkin. Basically, this recipe has my name on it.
Oh man, I’m droooooooooooling over here! I saw a picture super quick on Instagram and I knew I had to check out the recipe. And grain-free – YES!
I’ve only ever baked with pumpkin once, because it’s only stocked in a few supermarkets here in the U.K. However I did make my pumpkin ginger bread with it last year and I really liked that, so this recipe of yours is calling out to me to go buy some more pumpkin and get involved!
This looks great Lindsay!
★★★★★
maybe i need to send you some!
MAKING THESE!!! I am already thinking of the million and one variations I can do! So many sweet and savory options!!
I don’t even know what to do with myself! This is so spectacular! Chewy doughy and pumpkin! Hot damn!
Bring on allllll the pumpkin! I’ve been experimenting with tons of pumpkin recipes as well lately, and I don’t think it’s ever possible to have too much. These look delicious!
These are just what I’m needing right now. I’ve been dairy and egg free for months now and I’ve been craving a pumpkin treat so bad! These may do the trick nicely.
You’re a lifesaver.
OK, these look fantastic! I need to get my hands on some Cassava flour so I can give them a try!!! 🙂
UH Yum!!! These sound amazing!
I totally guessed correctly! Stuffed dough, filled doughnuts…. Too close!! Lol. Looks delicious. Both ways
haha you were the closest!
I have some cassava flour heading my way next week & I can’t wait to try it! I’ve already been drinking pumpkin spice coffee, but I’m with you….I like waiting until October to see all the pumpkin recipes. 🙂
pumpkin stuffed dough balls??? YES YES YES! I would totally make these sweet with some pb and maybe add chocolate chips! Im getting excited thinking about it 🙂
Oh my gosh GENIUS! These look so fun and delicious!!
Love the versatility! And I can do just about all things pumpkin, so bring all the recipes!
O-M-G these look and sound so good. I love the jack o lantern play too!
This reminds me of the bagel balls that starbucks or Caribou used to make. But WAAAAAAY better. Also, I think you might have gotten high on the pumpkin , haha
high as a kite! haha
Your creativity with food never ceases to amaze me! This look fantastic!!!!
haha well thank you. Not all of that turns out well. 😉
Uh-ma-zing! I want to eat this now! Just received my cassava flour and excited about all the possibilities! Also, I don’t make savory pumpkin enough.
oh i can’t wait for you to try!