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Strawberry Milk Bread Rolls

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Rising 2 hours
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings 12 large cinnamon rolls

Equipment

  • 2 9x13" pans

Ingredients

Tangzhong

  • 200 g water
  • 40 g bread flour

Dough

  • 1 cup milk
  • 4 T milk powder 24 g
  • 2 packs yeast 14 g
  • 700 g bread flour ~5 cups
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar 50 g
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 stick softened butter
  • 40 g freeze dried strawberries ground into a powder

Filling

  • 1 stick butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla or 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
  • 40 g freeze dried strawberries ground into a powder
  • Cream cheese glaze:
  • 4 tablespoons butter softened
  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract optional
  • 1 cups confectioners' sugar sifted
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 40 g freeze dried strawberries ground into a powder

Instructions

Tangzhong:

  • Add the flour and milk into a medium saute pan over medium heat. Stir to combine.
  • Continue to stir with a spatula until it forms a thick paste (about 5 minutes)
  • Refrigerate the mixture for at least 4 hours (up to overnight). An hour before use, take the paste out of the fridge to bring it to room temperature

Milk Bread Dough:

  • Blooming the yeast:
  • To bloom the yeast, add together warm milk, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and the yeast into a small bowl. The milk should be about 105 degrees fahrenheit. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes until it is slightly sweet smelling a bubbly.
  • Making the dough
  • In the base of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the bread flour, freeze dried strawberries, milk powder, salt, and remaining sugar. Run the mixer on low and add in the bloomed yeast, egg, and tangzhong. Mix for about 2-3 minutes on low until the dough begins to form.
  • After 2-3 minutes add in the softened butter and continue to mix on low for about 1 minute. After the butter is incorporated, increase the mixer speed to medium high and mix for 8 minutes. At this point the dough should form a ball that is not too sticky, if it is not forming a ball, add in a few more tablespoons of bread flour.
  • Once the dough is smooth and formed into a ball, place it into a greased mixing bowl. Cover the bowl with a towel and proof it for about 1 hour or until it has doubled in size (the time this takes will depend on the temperature of where you are letting the dough proof)

Shaping:

  • After the dough has doubled in size. Flour the counter or a large surface and roll it into a rectangle (about ¼ inch thick)
  • Make the filling by mixing softened butter, vanilla bean paste, freeze dried strawberries and sugar. After the filling is mixed, spread it over the dough leaving a ½ border along the edges
  • After adding the filling, roll the dog into a log rolling the longer side inwards until a tight log forms.
  • Once the roll is formed used unflavored floss or a knife to but the dough into 9 pieces.
  • Place each roll into a greased 9x13 inch pan. Cover the pan with a towel and let them proof for about 45 minutes or until they have almost doubled in size.
  • Preheat the oven to 350˚F
  • After they have proofed, bake the cinnamon rolls for 25-30 minutes or until they are golden on the edges but baked in the center. Cool for 10 minutes before frosting.

Frosting:

  • Add the cream cheese, heavy cream, freeze dried strawberries, and butter into a bowl and mix with a spoon until smooth. Add the extracts, powdered sugar, and salt into the bowl and mix until smooth. Frost each cinnamon roll with about a tablespoon of the icing and serve.