For my birthday last year, I received a mini bread machine from my parents and I've mainly been using it to make bread for toast. I like to set the machine before going to bed so I wake up to the beautiful aroma of freshly baked bread. Seriously, plain white bread has never tasted better.
The first non-loaf bread I tried making using my bread machine were cinnamon rolls. No joke, they were the best cinnamon rolls I had ever had. Ever. I believe Tristan licked his plate (I may or may not have done the same). These strawberry chocolate rolls are the cousins of the classic cinnamon roll. They're just as fluffy but lighter with the addition of fresh strawberries. They're the perfect treat for an early spring brunch.
Put all of the ingredients into your bread machine and put it on the dough setting.
After your dough is finished, take it out onto a well-floured surface, cover it with plastic wrap or a tea towel and let it rest for about 10 to 15 minutes.
While your dough is resting, add the chopped strawberries, sugar, cinnamon, and corn starch into a small pan on medium heat and cook until it thickens. Set it aside and let it cool.
Roll out your dough to a 20in x 12in (50cm x 30cm) rectangle using a rolling pin. Spread the strawberry mixture on top and sprinkle over the chocolate chips. Make sure you leave some space around the edges so you can seal the edges shut. We don't want to waste any of the strawberries or chocolate chips!
Roll the dough into a log and pinch the edges. Cut your log into 12 and line the rolls into a 9-inch round pan (or any pan you like). I like to grease the pan with butter and line the bottom with parchment paper to ensure nothing sticks. Cover the pan with a tea towel or plastic wrap and let it rise for about 30 minutes. While you're waiting, preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
Bake the rolls for 20 minutes, or until golden on top. The smell of the strawberries while these were in the oven was unbelievable.
While the rolls are still warm, smear the cream cheese frosting on top.
Now just grab a roll (or two or three) and enjoy!
Do you see the fluffy bread, and the strawberries and chocolate melting into each other? I didn't add a lot of sugar to the strawberries or the cream cheese frosting, so while these have chocolate in them, they're not overly sweet.
Looking at all these photos, I may just have to have one more before calling it a night.
Strawberry Chocolate Rolls
Ingredients
Dough
- 285g bread flour
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 38g butter
- 1 egg
- ½ cup warm milk
- 1¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
Filling
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, chopped
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Frosting
- 50g cream cheese, softened
- 30g butter, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Add the dough ingredients into your bread machine and set it on dough cycle.
- Take the finished dough out of the machine, cover and let it rest on a floured surface for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the strawberries, sugar, cinnamon, and corn starch into a pan and heat it on medium heat until it becomes saucy. Set aside and let it cool.
- Roll out the dough into a 20in x 12in (50cm x 30cm) rectangle. Spread the strawberry mixture and sprinkle the chocolate chips. Roll it up into a log, and pinch the edges shut.
- Slice the log into 12 rolls and line them up in your greased 9-inch pan. Cover and let it rise for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Bake rolls for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- In a small bowl, mix together the frosting ingredients. While the rolls are still warm, smear over the cream cheese frosting.
Barbara says
I would love to make this but don't know how to convert ingredients to my old fashioned thinking. Can you please help. Love you website. Thank you for all the hard work for making it fun and interesting to read. Barbara
Ai says
Hi Barbara,
Thank you for such a sweet comment! I'm so glad you enjoy my website 🙂
I'm assuming you want all the ingredients in US measurements...
For the dough:
10oz bread flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar
1.34oz butter
1 egg
½ cup warm milk
1¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
For the filling:
1 cup strawberries, chopped (about 12 strawberries)
1 teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons corn starch
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
For the frosting:
1.76oz cream cheese, softened
1oz butter, softened
½ cup confectioners sugar
Let me know if this isn't actually what you wanted haha. I'm glad to help!
Ai
Jackie says
Hi Ai
What if you don't have a bread machine, how this can be made without one.
Ai says
Hi Jackie,
I haven't made this by kneading by hand so I can't tell you if it'll come out exactly how it does when using a bread machine.
I think it could work if you warm the milk to about 108°~109°F (42°~43°C) and combine it with the yeast in a bowl and let it stand for around 5 minutes before adding it to the rest of the ingredients in a bowl. The butter in the dough should also be softened to make it easier to incorporate into the dough. After you knead the ingredients and it comes forms a smooth dough, put it in a bowl and let it rise, covered with plastic wrap. The time you let it rest really depends on how warm it is in your home. If it's hot (95°F/35°C) then 30min should do but if it's cooler maybe an hour or two? You're looking for the dough to double in size. After it's risen, punch down on the dough to get the gas out, turn it onto your counter, bring it back into a ball and let it rest on the countertop covered with a damp tea towel (to keep it moist) for about 10min. After that, you could follow the recipe and roll out your dough, spread the filling, roll it up, etc.
Hope this helps, and let me know how it turns out if you do try this out!
Ai
Jolena @TheRubyKitchen says
These look so wonderful. I love the idea of a sweet strawberry filling. What a lovely thing to make for Easter brunch or any spring morning. Thank you for sharing.
Ai says
Thanks Jolena! I wanted to revamp my classic cinnamon rolls for spring. I think raspberries would also be a nice combination with the chocolate 😉
CakePants says
Oh my goodness, these look beyond amazing - it's like a chocolate-covered strawberry in breakfast form! Your photos are positively mouthwatering.
Ai says
Thanks!! You should definitely make them 😉