Fresh Milled Strawberry Sweet Rolls
Fresh milled strawberry sweet rolls are a delicious treat for breakfast, brunch, or dessert! Tender sticky rolls are filled with a gooey strawberry filling and topped with homemade cream cheese frosting for a decadent and irresistible whole grain pastry.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 644kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter cut into large chunks (Plus more for greasing the pan)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
- 4 1/2 cups freshly milled hard white wheat (590g)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the filling
- 2 1/2 cups strawberries fresh or frozen
- 1/3 cup sugar
For the cream cheese frosting
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a saucepan, combine the milk, brown sugar, and butter. Heat over low heat, stirring often, just until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm.
- Whisk in the yeast and let it sit for about 5 minutes, until light and foamy.
- Add the flour, salt, eggs and vanilla to the milk mixture and stir till fully incorporated. Cover with a damp tea towel and let rise for about 2 hours or until doubled in size.
- While the dough is rising, add the strawberries and sugar to a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the berries soften and release their juices. Let the mixture thicken slightly, then remove from heat and cool.
- Once your dough is done rising, tip it out onto a lightly dusted countertop. Use a rolling pin or the palm of your hands to flatten to about 1/4" thick.
- Spread the strawberry mixture evenly over the dough.
- Roll up the dough and cut into 8 slices.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F with the skillet inside. Once the oven is hot, carefully remove the skillet using oven mitts. Add a small amount of butter or oil and swirl to coat the bottom. Gently place the rolls into the hot skillet.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove the rolls from the oven and let them cool slightly. While they cool, prepare the icing by using a hand mixer to blend the cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Spread the icing evenly over the warm rolls and serve.
Notes
- You'll notice that your rolls are not tall and fluffy like a cinnamon roll; this is normal! These strawberry sweet rolls are more similar to a Danish — flat, sticky, and wide, but they are rolled with a filling and frosted like cinnamon rolls. If you want a fluffy cinnamon roll, check out my freshly milled cinnamon roll recipe!
- Once the strawberries are soft, you can use a fork to gently mash them. My daughter prefers them left whole, so that’s how we make them, but feel free to mash them before spreading the filling over the dough.
- You can make this with hard red wheat with an even 1:1 ratio swap.
- New to freshly milled flour? You can learn everything you need to know to get started in my beginner's guides for how to mill your own flour and baking with whole grains!
- For really good whole grain baked goods, I recommend investing in a high quality grain mill. I tried a few with less-than-ideal results before I got my Mockmill professional grain mill. The texture of the pastries is drastically different with a good mill!