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These strawberries and cream sweet rolls are a delightful way to start off your Valentine’s Day! Everyone knows the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach, and these strawberries and cream sweet rolls are an easy recipe to get you there. They come together in just an hour and a half, and the steps are so simple even Cupid could make them.
The base sweet dough of this strawberries and cream sweet rolls recipe is the same dough I use when I make homemade cinnamon rolls. I was dreaming up strawberry recipe ideas and thought it sounded like such a yummy idea – so I made it a reality! They’re hard to resist, and these yummy treats were devoured in no time at my house.
These easy strawberry sweet rolls are a fun and tasty addition to your Valentine’s Day breakfast or brunch. The pretty pink strawberry frosting and freeze dried strawberries sprinkled on top of the sweet rolls just SCREAM Valentine’s Day. They would also be perfect for a Mother’s Day celebration, a girls’ brunch, or even a baby shower!
You may have most of the ingredients for this recipe on hand already, but if not they are pretty easy to find in most grocery stores:
warm milk
instant yeast
egg
unsalted butter, melted
granulated sugar
salt
all-purpose flour
strawberry jam
cream cheese, softened
vanilla extract
powdered sugar
This recipe is pretty quick and simple to make, coming together in just an hour and a half! Here’s how to do it:
Step 1. Mise En Place!
The first thing we’re going to do is gather all of our ingredients and equipment for this recipe. You’ll want to measure out all of the ingredients for each part of the recipe separately. Measuring everything out ahead of time ensures a smoother prep/cooking process. If your oven has a bread proofing setting, set it to 100°F 🙂
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the hook attachment, combine the warm milk, yeast, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, sugar, and salt.
Once the dough has doubled in size, roll it out into a large, long rectangle on your counter (make sure to generously sprinkle the counter with flour first so your dough doesn’t stick).
Gently spread the strawberry preserves evenly on the dough, then roll the dough up into a log. At this point, you can push in the ends a bit to make sure each strawberry roll will be about the same size.
Cut the dough into 12 even slices, and place the slices into a greased 13×9-inch baking dish.
Brush each roll with melted butter.
Cover with plastic wrap and let proof for another 30 to 60 minutes (30 minutes at 100°F or 60 minutes at room temperature).
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Once finished proofing, bake until golden brown. After they’ve finished baking, let the rolls cool for 10 to 15 minutes before frosting.
Add the unsalted butter, cream cheese, and vanilla extract to the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and cream together until smooth.
Slowly add in the powdered sugar with the mixer on the lowest setting, then crank the speed up and mix until combined.
Sprinkle in the crushed freeze dried strawberries and mix until fully incorporated.
Spread the strawberry cream cheese icing evenly over the baked rolls.
Sprinkle with additional crushed freeze dried strawberries as desired.
Make sure to enjoy one of these easy strawberry sweet rolls before your loved ones eat them all!
There are a few questions I wanted to answer ahead of time for this strawberries and cream sweet rolls recipe:
If you can’t find freeze dried strawberries at your local grocery store, you will likely be able to order them online. Here is a link to some I found on Amazon.
You can use other kinds of berries for this recipe if you’re not a fan of strawberries. It’s excellent with raspberries or blueberries!
Can I make this gluten free?
I have tried to make the sweet dough for this recipe with 1 to 1 gluten free baking flour, and it turns out pretty well! The rolls turn out looking a little more crackly then their gluten filled counterpart, but overall this recipe is pretty good when made gluten free too. Make sure you are being careful to avoid cross contamination/contact when baking for someone who needs to eat gluten free.
Store any leftover strawberries and cream sweet rolls in the refrigerator for up to one week. Make sure to either wrap them up tightly with plastic wrap, or place in an airtight container to preserve freshness.
When eating your leftovers, you can enjoy them cold OR heat them in the microwave for 30 seconds for a nice hot strawberries and cream sweet roll!
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