Cherry Rolls with Cherry Cream Cheese

Get ready to indulge in a burst of cherrylicious delight with Cherry Rolls. These heavenly swirls of soft, pillowy dough are generously filled with a luscious cherry-infused cream cheese filling that's simply irresistible.

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Total time: 1 hr. 34 min. Servings: 6

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Ingredients :

Dough:

240 ml warm milk

2.5 teaspoons instant yeast

2 eggs

75 grams butter

100 grams sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

500 grams all-purpose flour (add more, if needed)

Cherry jam:

1tbsp cornstarch

3 tbsp water

400 g cherries (can be frozen)

1 tbsp sugar

Cherry cream cheese frosting:

100 g cream cheese

50 g room temperature butter

1 tbsp powdered sugar

1 tbsp cherry jam

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 :

Step 1 - Warm milk and sugar, add yeast and let it rest for 5 minutes.

Step 2 - Add in melted butter, eggs, salt and combine together.

Step 3 - Start gradually adding in the flour until a dough has formed.

Step 4 - Knead the dough for 5 minutes, it should be a little sticky, but still easy to work with.

Step 5 - Let it rest for 1 hour in a warm place or until doubled in size.

Step 6 - In a pot, on medium heat, combine water and cornstarch, when the cornstarch has dissolved, add in the cherries.

Step 7 - Let the cherries cook until soft and mushy.

Step 8 - With a hand blender, blend the cherries and place back on the stove.

Step 9 - Add in the sugar, let it cook for two more minutes and remove from the heat. pour in a jar and let the jam cool.

Step 10 - When the dough has finished rising, roll out into a rectangle and spread a even layer of the cherry jam on top.

Step 11 - Roll it up, and using a dental floss cut the rolls. place into a baking tray and pour over 80 ml heavy cream. (this is optional, but it will make the rolls a lot softer and fluffier)

Step 12 - Preheat the oven to 190°C degrees and bake for 20-22 minutes.

Step 13 - With a mixer, beat softened butter for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.

Step 14 - Add in the cream cheese and beat together for another minute.

Step 15 - Add vanilla extract and powdered sugar, mix until smooth.

Step 16 - Finally, add the cherry jam and mix until the red colour has evenly spread trough the frosting, you can add more jam, depending on how bright, you would like it.

𝑩𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕! 😊🤍