No Yeast Strawberries And Cream Cinnamon Rolls
Soft and fluffy pillows of sweet cinnamon roll dough smothered with a beautiful strawberry syrup, rolled up and covered in the most perfect cream cheese/buttermilk frosting.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup extra flour for working the dough
- 1/4 cup natural granulated sweetener or granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk* See Notes
- 5 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries (halved )
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons low fat/fat free cream cheese (soft and at room temp)
- 4 tablespoons buttermilk* See Notes
- 3/4 cup icing/confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 220℃ | 425℉.
- 2
Combine strawberry ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to the boil; reduce heat and simmer gently while stirring occasionally until a syrup forms and thickens. Set aside and allow to cool.
- 3
In a large bowl, whisk together the 2 1/2 cups of flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Measure out the buttermilk in a jug; add 4 tablespoons of butter to the buttermilk; mix well; then pour the milk/butter mixture onto the dry ingredients. Slowly stir together until a 'shaggy' dough forms (do not over mix or the dough, or it will become hard when baking). If the dough is too sticky and wet to work with, add 2 tablespoons flour.
- 4
Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface; coat your hands in a little flour, and shape the dough with your hands (or roll with a lightly floured rolling pin) into a 13x10-inch rectangle.
- 5
Evenly spread half of the cooled strawberry jam/syrup over the surface. Start rolling the dough from on the long edge until rolled to opposite end. (The dough will be a little wet. If needed, gently scrape the bottom of the dough off of the bench with the flat side of a knife while rolling over the jam).
- 6
Press together the seam and trim off the ends. Using a sharp knife, slice into 9-12 pieces (depending on how thick you like your rolls).
- 7
Place rolls into an11×8-inch greased or sprayed with cooking oil spray baking dish (or pan). Brush cinnamon rolls with remaining Tablespoon of melted butter and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
- 8
Combine together the cream cheese and powdered sugar with a small whisk or fork until smooth. Whisk in buttermilk and lemon juice and beat until creamy. Drizzle onto hot cinnamon rolls and spread evenly.
- 9
To serve, drizzle the remaining strawberry syrup over the rolls.