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I was almost attacked last week by an angry mob of sweet roll lovers.
It was a very scary time in my life and I only barely made it out alive by promising to share the Raspberry Sweet Roll recipe as soon as possible.
So, angry Facebook mob, this is me sharing the recipe. Please forgive me for teasing and torturing you with the photo before I was ready to share the recipe. That was rude of me.
I first saw these rolls while browsing Pinterest, as I am wont to do. Pinterest took me to The Curvy Carrot for the recipe which originally came from Food and Wine. You may have also spotted these beauties over at Sally’s Baking Addiction. They’re naughty little rolls, getting up to no good all over the blogosphere.
This dough is beyond simple to prepare and it’s my new favorite dough. I don’t usually super love cinnamon rolls, because they just seem too bready. These are perfection. They’re soft and fluffy and perfectly sweet. The fact that raspberries are my favorite fruit doesn’t hurt things either.
You could really get creative with the filling in this dough, though. I have a Nutella version to share with you once I’ve perfected it a bit more.
Give these a try! You’ll find it easiest to make your dough the day before you want to bake these rolls. Let the dough rise, roll it out and fill it, then let them rise once more. Pop the whole pan of rolls in the fridge overnight and just stick ’em right in the oven in the morning when you’re ready! Easy as pie. Or sweet rolls. Whatever.
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Raspberry Sweet Rolls
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 cup milk
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
For the filling:
- 10 ounces frozen raspberries not thawed
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
For the glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Heat the milk to 95 degrees in a small saucepan or in the microwave. Add the milk and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer and sprinkle the yeast into the milk mixture. Let sit until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- Add the softened butter, eggs, and salt and mix with the dough hook on low. Beat in the flour and increase the speed to medium. Continue beating for 3 minutes or until a soft dough forms.
- Increase the speed to medium-high and beat the dough for 10 minutes.
- Form the dough (it will be rather soft) into a ball and place it into a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot (the oven with the light turned on is perfect for this) to proof for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Line the bottom of a 9x13 baking pan (or two 9 inch round cake pans, if you want to small batches) with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface (I used my Roul'Pat for this and the dough did not stick at all!) and roll into a 10x24 inch rectangle.
- Combine the frozen raspberries, sugar, and cornstarch in a medium sized bowl and stir until just combined. Work quickly so as not to let the raspberries thaw.
- Sprinkle the raspberry mixture evenly over the dough, leaving about an inch of space along the bottom length of the rectangle.
- Roll the dough tightly to form a 24 inch long log.
- Working quickly, cut the log into quarters, and then each quarter into 4 evenly sized slices. Place each roll in the prepared pan, cut sides up.
- Cover the pan with plastic wrap and let rise for 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bake the rolls for 20 minutes or until they are golden and bubbling.
- Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes.
- Prepare the glaze by whisking together the powdered sugar, cream, and vanilla. Drizzle the glaze over the cinnamon rolls and serve.
Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough says
I posted these on my blog the other day because I, too, was wooed by them on Pinterest! Yours look AMAZING. I could really go for a whole other batch right about now. ๐
Heather @French Press says
that is So funny, my daughter found these in our food and wine cookbook and has requested we make them tomorrow.
They look SO good
Karly says
Let me know it goes! I have a feeling you won’t be disappointed. ๐
Joanne says
Mmm I’m imagining that the raspberry cuts the sweetness of the sweet rolls in the most perfect of ways!
Karly says
It really, really does. ๐
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Oh my gosh those are gorgeous. SO pretty. And I’d mob you too!
Cookbook Queen says
IS THIS EVEN REAL LIFE??
Ah mah gah. Sweet rolls are my favorite thing ever. EVER!!!!
So please come to Arkansas and make them for me. Please.
I’m sleep deprived, and got pooped on and spit up on today. The spit up happened 4 times. Does that help my case?
Ok, sooo..see ya tomorrow!!
Karly says
Awwww! Even spit up is cute coming from that precious baby of yours.
Okay, maybe that’s stretching the truth just a little bit. But, you know. It’s ALMOST cute.
Kim Bee says
I have been waiting for this. I saw the photo on your page and about fell off my chair. Totally making these. Totally eating the whole pan all by my lonesome.
Becky says
Looking out for the nutella version! I’m amazed the raspberries don’t make them soggy as they thaw out in the oven. I’ve seen similar applications using chopped apples as well. Kneading dough is the bomb! So much fun! It’s actually what I enjoy most about baking bread, but maybe I’m weird ๐
Karly says
I was worried they’d get soggy too. And I panicked a little after the second rise because the berries totally release their juice and it’s all hanging out in the bottom of the pan. No worries though, because it soaks right into the roll perfectly. No sogginess, just pure berry goodness!
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
I absolutely love this
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
These look amazing. As usual your photos are stunning girl! can I come over and take some of these off your hands? Do they ship well? You can send them here!
sally @ sallys baking addiction says
I freaking LOVE these sweet rolls Karly! And I am SO glad you made them. ๐ they look gorgeous. I’m making them again this weekend with a twist! I can’t get enough of them!
Joanna says
These look awesome! When do you add in the 2/3 c. sugar in the dough? I read the recipe but I must have missed it in the instructions. Thanks!!
Karly says
Whoops! I just updated the recipe.
You add it in with the warm milk and yeast. ๐
DessertForTwo says
These are PERFECT! And since there’s fruit, they’re guilt-free. See how that works? See? Oh, I’m good. I know.
Karly says
Oh, yes, you are good! I like it. ๐
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
Carly they look amazing and the dough recipe/food&wine made one of the ‘best of’ recipe lists of 2012 deemed by one of the food magazines. I remember seeing it in late December and sending it to Sally b/c she had just made her rolls. Yours look amazing and I also remember you telling me right around then you werent a huge cinn roll fan and I was like…what?!
So between this recipe and that allrecipes/cinnabon copycat recipe, what would you say is the major difference in the dough?
Karly says
This is much less stiff and less bready than a standard cinnamon roll dough. It’s soft and pillowy and sweet. I’m not sure how to explain the difference, really. These are just more airy, I guess. I think the sweetness in the dough really sets them apart too. The cinnabon clone uses less sugar, 1/4 cup more flour (and bread flour at that) and melted butter. I think the extra sugar, less AP flour and softened butter make these airier. Oh, and this recipe has double the yeast, so that can’t hurt either. ๐
Laura says
On a scale of one to terrible, how annoying would it be to make these if I don’t have a dough hook?
Karly says
Hmm, are you thinking of making them in a stand mixer with a different attachment? I’m not sure that would work. I think you’d have to knead by hand, and considering that I’m extremely lazy and have never kneaded dough by hand, I’d put it up there near the terrible. ๐ Honestly, this dough is pretty soft and I think you might have a tough time with it by hand. I’m sure it can be done, but you might need to add a bit more flour.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
I could soooo go for these right now. What a treat!