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Strawberry Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing are delicious sweet rolls with scrumptious strawberry jam and rich cream cheese icing. These Strawberry Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing make for a perfect weekend breakfast or brunch! 

These delicious sweet Strawberry Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing are dreamy rolls that are paired perfectly with a hot cup of coffee to make your breakfast scrumptious and sweet! 

Can you imagine a cinnamon roll with a strawberry glaze and strawberry jam on the inside when you take a bite? Life cannot get better than this! Oh wait, it does! How can one forget the rich cream cream cheese icing drizzled all over the rolls. The cream cheese icing takes the strawberry rolls to the next level, making it the perfect glaze for these delicious Rolls. 

Strawberry Rolls are filled with strawberry reduction and fresh strawberries. Roll them up, cut them and let them rise until doubled in size. Bake them and drizzle the rolls with cream cheese icing while still warm for the most delicious Strawberry Rolls!

Why Strawberry Rolls?

I have been wanting to make these Strawberry Rolls for a very long time now. But as fresh strawberries were not available I thought of making them later when I can get hold of fresh berries. But one day a friend of mine messaged me asking, if I would like to try a few dishes using frozen berries? Trust me the berries she sent were truly out of this world! They were not only as good as fresh berries but even better! Sweet, juicy and not only tasted delicious they even had the smell of fresh juicy berries to them! If you are missing fresh berries just like me, don’t worry! Simply contact them uvberries and fulfil your craving of fresh hand picked berries!

So today was the perfect day to make these rolls. I love cinnamon rolls, but wanted to give them a summery twist. So I decided to make Strawberry Rolls. 

Ingredients in Strawberry Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing

The detailed instructions and measured ingredients are in the recipe card below at the bottom of the page. 

For the dough you will need 

• Dry Ingredients – flour, salt and sugar
  
• Wet Ingredients – milk, butter and egg
  
• Yeast – I have used instant yeast, but you can also use dry active yeast. But keep in mind that it needs to be activated. 
  

For the filling you will need

• Berries – freshly cut strawberries
  
• Jam – I have used freshly made strawberry jam, to make sure the flavour is carried through. 
  

For the cream cheese icing you will need

• Cream Cheese – Make sure the cheese is at room temperature. My favourite brand to use is Philadelphia Cream Cheese but you can also use low fat cream cheese.
  
• Sugar – Best to use powdered sugar as it will assure you a smooth texture instead of a grainy texture. 
  
• Butter – We have to use unsalted butter to control the salt content in the recipe. 
  

Tip for making the best rolls

• Make sure the milk is not too hot, else it could kill the yeast.
  
• Always check the expiration date of the yeast.
  
• If you do not have a warm place for the dough to rise, Heat your oven to 180 C degrees for 5 minutes then turn it off and place the rolls inside.
  
• Don’t put too much jam inside as it will leak out from the sides. 
  

If you like this recipe and are looking for more breakfast or weekend brunch recipes, try the Nutella Cinnamon French Toast Rolls and the Best Fluffy Pancakes!