Strawberry jam rolls
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy9
servings30
minutes25
minutes2
hours40
minutesYou’ll love these delicious and little messy strawberry jam rolls. They’re so easy to make!
Ingredients
- Dough
80ml warm water
2 1/4 tsp| 7g dry yeast
a pinch of sugar
3/8 cup | 85g butter (melted)
1/2 cup | 100g sugar
120ml milk (room temperature)
80ml buttermilk (combine 76ml milk + 4ml vinegar)
2 tbsp | 27g canola oil
1 tbsp | 13g vanilla extract
1 egg
1 tsp | 6g salt
1 tsp| 5g baking powder
3 + 7/8 cups | 480g all-purpose flour (may need more or less)
- Filling
200g Strawberry jam (more or less)
Fresh cut strawberries (optional)
- Glaze
3/4 cup | 90g cream cheese (room temp)
2 tbsp | 28g butter (room temp)
1 tbsp | 15g vanilla extract
Pinch salt
2 cups | 200g powdered sugar
1 tbsp | 15g heavy cream
- Extras
a little butter to grease the baking pan
a little flour for rolling and kneading the dough
egg wash, egg + heavy cream (optional)
Instructions
- Dough
- In a large bowl (I’m using my stand mixer bowl) stir together water, yeast and a pinch of sugar. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes until it is puffy and foamy.
- Add in melted butter, sugar, milk and buttermilk, if you don’t have any, just mix together 76ml of milk and 4ml of vinegar, wait 5 min before adding it.
- Add the oil, vanilla extract, egg, baking powder and salt and mix until combined.
- Gradually sift in the flour, and mix it. If you are using a stand mixer, attach the dough hook and run on medium. Mix until the dough comes together, it took me about 8-10 minutes. If you’re kneading by hand, hang in there! it would take a little longer but you can do it! The dough should come together, it’s tacky but doesn’t stick to your fingers.
- Lightly grease a bowl and place the ball of dough into it, cover with plastic wrap and place the bowl in a warm place. Let sit for about 40 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size.
- When it’s doubled in size, punch the dough down a few times to release the air. Sprinkle flour on a clean work surface, I also like using parchment paper to be able to handle the dough easier, roll the dough into a rectangle that is about 0.5 cm thick.
- Spread the strawberry jam over the dough. This is optional, but you can cut up some fresh strawberries and place them on top of the jam.
- Begin tightly rolling up the dough. TIP: If the dough is too sticky to roll, leave it in the fridge for about 8-15 minutes to make it much easier to handle.
- While the dough is chilling, you can butter the pan (I used a 9-inch pie pan).
- When done, place the roll seam-side down, I left for 8 more minutes in the fridge before slicing it into 9 sections. You can use dental floss or a sharp knife to cut them.
- Place the rolls in a greased baking pan, I put the edges of the roll in another mold to also bake them, although they are not pretty they are still delicious. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm place to let rise. Preheat the oven to 350F/177C.
- You can skip this step because at the end it will be covered with the glaze, but I like to brush the tops of the rolls with an egg wash (mixing an egg + a tbsp heavy cream).
- Bake at 350F/177C for 20-25 minutes or until the sides of rolls are lightly golden.
- Glaze
- While the rolls are baking, prepare the glaze by combining all the cream cheese glaze ingredients, mix until smooth and silky.
- When the strawberry rolls come out of the oven, let them cool for a few minutes and then spread on the glaze.
- Enjoy!