Tender, flaky cinnamon rolls stuffed with fresh, homemade strawberry sauce and topped with tangy, cream cheese frosting. Yes, these cinnamon rolls quickly rose to the top of the list of our favorites! I’ve made cinnamon rolls with preserves in the filling, and they don’t come close to how good they taste using fresh berries.
And not just any berries, strawberries! One of my favorite fruits. They have been on sale a lot lately, and every time I walk past the display, I find myself grabbing a couple of cartons. Well, we soon ended up with more berries than we could eat fresh before they would start to go bad. When I was thinking of ideas, the cinnamon rolls with the preserve filling popped into my head. I knew right away that I wanted to try making cinnamon rolls with a fresh strawberry filling.
I added some nutmeg and ginger to the traditional cinnamon in the filling to make the flavor of the strawberries more prominent. The cream cheese frosting is less sweet and more tangy so as not to overpower the roll. The combination of flavors makes for a great breakfast treat!
- 1 C warm non-fat milk (about 110 F)
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- ⅓ C butter, melted and cooled
- 2 C white whole wheat flour
- 2½ C all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ C sugar
- 2¾ tsp instant dry yeast
- 3 C strawberries, chopped
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ¼ C butter, softened
- 1½ tbsp cinnamon
- ½ tbsp nutmeg
- ½ tbsp ginger
- 8 oz ⅓ of the fat cream cheese
- ¼ C butter, softened
- 1 C confectioner's sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp salt
- Place all ingredients for rolls in bread pan according to manufacturer's instructions. Select dough cycle and press start.
- After starting the bread machine, begin making strawberry filling. Stir together strawberries and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until strawberries soften and sauce thickens. Remove from heat and cool for 15 minutes. After mixture has cooled, pour into a freezer safe container and freeze until ready to spread over dough.
- When the cycle has completed, turn dough out onto well-floured surface. Cover and let it rest 10 minutes. If your bread machine has this step built in at the end, you can skip this step.
- Roll dough out into a 16x22 rectangle. Spread dough with softened butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Spread strawberry mixture over the top. (If your strawberry mixture is still runny, you may want to strain it before spreading over dough. The strawberry juice is great over pancakes, ice cream, etc!)
- Gently roll up dough lengthwise. Cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls into a buttered 9x13 baking pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
- While rolls are rising, preheat oven to 400. (If you plan on baking the rolls the next morning, let them rise and place them in the refrigerator. The next morning, place rolls in oven when you preheat the oven and they will finish rising. When oven has preheated, bake for 15 minutes or until light golden brown.)
- Bake rolls for 15 minutes or until light golden brown. While rolls are baking, beat together all frosting ingredients until smooth.
- Remove rolls from oven and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before frosting. Serve warm.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
This recipe is linked with Strut Your Stuff Saturday, Weekend Potluck, What’s Cookin’ Wednesday, What’s in Your Kitchen Wednesday.
Lauren Hardy @ Making Life Sweet says
My goodness these look so sweet! Makes me wish it were summer. (:
Jocelyn@ BruCrew Life says
What a fun way to use up those extra strawberries!!! I want spring and summer to come quickly too!!!
Carolyn says
Those look wonderful, Jessica. My kids would love them!
katie says
yum! taking cinnamon rolls to the next notch!
sarah k @ the pajama chef says
what a fun twist on cinnamon rolls. delish!
Kim @ Soliloquy Of Food & Such says
OOooooo yummy! I would love to pair these with some homemade strawberry milk…
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
OMG Michael would DIE if I made him these 😀
Ashley says
Oh man! Cinnamon rolls have been on my bucket list forever… and you went and added strawberries! My favorite fruit : ) These sound amazing .. I really need to give cinnamon rolls a try soon.
Pamela says
Now you know I am going to have to make these! They look so yummy, and YES for using whole wheat flour in these! Pinning right now to make!
Liz says
These look amazing Jessica! Anything that involves cinnamon rolls can’t be beat! I can’t wait for the fresh strawberries to come out here….another 3 months or so. 🙂
Steph@Been There Baked That says
What a great idea! They look lovely.
Abby says
oh my gosh I would love these! I think you just revolutionized cinnamon rolls 🙂
Tracey says
The strawberries are just starting to look good here – I totally stocked up this week! They’re my favorite and I can only imagine how awesome they’d be in fluffy cinnamon rolls!
Ali | Gimme Some Oven says
These sound completely wonderful! I love the idea of the fresh strawberry sweetness in there! 🙂
sally @ sallys baking addiction says
one of the only things that could possibly make a cinnamon roll even better has to be adding some fruit. these sound and look amazing my friend! i love homemade cinnamon rolls and finding new ways to make them!
Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later! says
Yum! Yes please!
Jess @ OnSugarMountain says
This looks lovely! I never thought you could use fresh fruit fillings in cinnamon rolls, especially strawberries! What a super cool new way to make cinnamon rolls 😀 yum!
Ramona says
These are just gorgeous. I love the idea of new fillings for cinnamon rolls. 🙂
Michelle says
Strawberry cinnamon rolls! What a great idea!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says
Strawberries are our favorite berry too – we would love these at my house!
Baking Serendipity says
Cinnamon rolls are my favorite breakfast indulgence, and I love the strawberries in this batch! Makes me ready for spring 🙂
Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch says
I think I’ve found my dream roll! Delicious!
Whitney @ The Newlywed Chefs says
I’ve never tried a strawberry cinnamon roll, and I think I need these in my life stat! These look simply delightful!
Theresa Eldridge says
What type of cream cheese in the icing? Sorry, I understand spellchecker is my nemesis as well 🙂 these look amazing, can’t wait to try them!!!! Thank you!!!
Anna @ Hidden Ponies says
The strawberries have been amazing in my parts too lately – and cinnamon rolls of any kind are all kinds of fabulous!
Jen @ Savory Simple says
Strawberries are my favorite! What a perfect way to spruce up cinnamon rolls 🙂
Elizabeth@ Food Ramblings says
yum– love everything strawberry!
tanya says
What a wonderful roll to have with coffee in the morning! Love the strawberries and I love that you used ginger!
Carla @ Carlas Confections says
I love these Jessica! Such a great idea to add the strawberries in there 🙂
Julia says
After seeing your strawberries added into these cinnamon rolls you really made me ready for spring. The addition of berries sounds just yummy
RavieNomNoms says
You have my belly growling at the computer. These look amazing!
Joy @ Baking-Joy says
These look absolutely delicious Jessica, using fresh strawberries is an awesome idea 🙂
Laurie {SimplyScratch} says
These look GLORIOUS!
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl says
Oh my. Fresh strawberries in cinnamon rolls–I’ve GOT to make these!
Emily @ She Makes and Bakes says
We are on the same page, but I love your real filling instead of the preserves I did. I also did an almond glaze instead, but I’m loving the cream cheese frosting!
Annie @ Annie's Noms says
These look delicious! Love that they have real strawberries in, going to have to make these, I’m obsessed with cinnamon rolls, can’t wait to try these ones 🙂
Lynna says
What a fabulous idea to use fresh strawberries! These look like a perfect breakfast! I mean, you`re eating fruits right? 😛
Martha@AFamilyFeast says
These look delicious!! I love strawberries and NEVER thought to put them in cinnamon rolls!