strawberry cinnamon rolls

the fluffiest soft cinnamon rolls with bursting strawberry flavor.

These fluffy cinnamon rolls are DIVINE. It has fresh strawberries in between the rolls and a sweet strawberry cream cheese glaze.

can you believe it?! i used no food coloring. and the pink is sooo pretty and vibrant!

gave some to my neighbors and they were obsessed. they are asking for more!!

ingredients:

rolls:

• 13g instant yeast

• 12g milk powder

• 240g milk (warm)

• 115g water ( warm)

• 70g softened butter

• 60g sugar

• 1 tsp salt

• 540g all purpose flour (add little more if sticky)

• 1 large egg

• 4-6 tbsp of heavy cream ( to pour on top of rolls) this will make your cinnamon rolls extra soft. i mean who still eats dry cinnamon rolls??? honestly dont even measure! just drizzle it straight from the carton onto the rolls!

Filling:

• 100g brown sugar

• 1 tbsp cinnamon

• 50g unsalted butter (softened)

• 1 cup fresh strawberries (chopped)

Glaze:

• 50g powdered sugar

• 40z cream cheese

• 2 tbsp milk

• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste

• 1-2 tbsp strawberry jam

• 2-4 tbsp freeze dried strawberry powder ( i highly recommend this! brings out the gorgeous pink color naturally!)

• optional: more freeze dried strawberries on top

instructions:

• In a bowl, add in all the ingredients for the rolls and knead it in a stand mixer. Knead until the dough is smooth.

• Place the dough in a bowl and cover for 1 hour. Let it rise!

• While you wait: chop up fresh strawberries. (Set aside)

• In a small bowl, add in the sugar and cinnamon and set this aside as well.

• After the hour,

• Place the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll it out. Roll it into a rectangle about 10x 15 inch.

• Slap on the room temp butter and then sprinkle on the cinnamon sugar top.

• Spread out the chopped fresh strawberries on top of the cinnamon sugar mixture.

• Use a pizza cutter to cut strips. You should have about 12 strips.

• Roll each strip and place in a greased 9x13 inch pan.

• You should have 12 rolls!

• Cover with a plastic wrap and let it rise again for about 30min- 1 hour.

• Preheat oven to 350 f. Bake for 25-30 minutes!

• While that’s baking, make the strawberry glaze .

• In a bowl, add in the room temp cream cheese, vanilla bean paste, strawberry jam, powdered sugar, freeze dried strawberry powder and mix. Slowly add in milk to thin the glaze out.

• Pour glaze on top of the rolls!

• Add more fresh strawberries on top