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 Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time50 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Worldwide
Keyword: Cinnamon Rolls, No Yeast, No Yeast Strawberries and Cream Cinnamon Rolls, Strawberries and Cream
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.
For The Rolls:
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.
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.
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).
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).
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.
For The Icing:
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.
To serve, drizzle the remaining strawberry syrup over the rolls.
Notes
*Buttermilk: If you don't have buttermilk, you can make your own by mixing together 1 cup milk + 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar) for the rolls; and 4 tablespoons milk + 1 teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar for the frosting/icing. Allow the milk mixture to stand for 5 minutes to sour before mixing into the dough or through the frosting. Adapted From: Cooks Illustrated