Hey ho! It’s not yet Christmas! … I still feel it’s way too soon to start thinking about Christmas, Christmas cookies, Christmas presents, Christmas cooking, … and I know exactly that I’ll be running out of time again, as every year. Therefore, in order to start getting me into some kind of Christmas mood I decided to make some cinnamon rolls, cinnamon being my childhood spice of Christmas. But I also felt that I couldn’t just make simple cinnamon rolls, after all, there’s a certain dedication to blueberries and so I came up with this juicy and soft version.
This recipe is actually so much easier to make than you might believe and these blueberry cinnamon rolls are ever so delicious and scrumptious. They are soft and juicy inside and a bit crisp on the outside.
Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls
Makes 10-15 rolls
500 g plain flour
100 g sugar
7 g dried yeast (1 sachet)
pinch of salt
pinch of grounded vanilla or vanilla sugar
200 ml milk
5 egg yolks
150 g melted butter
2 tablespoons of melted butter
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
about 200 g frozen or fresh blueberries
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon milk
For the dough mix the flour, sugar, yeast, salt and vanilla. Melt the butter (in the microwave). If the milk and eggs are not at room temperature but from the fridge, put the milk in a jar, add the egg yolks and warm them up in the microwave (on high, for only about half a minute, as you don’t want the egg yolks to get cooked! 😉 )
Add the milk-eggs-mixture and the melted butter to the flour mixture and knead in a food processor until the dough gets very smooth and shiny. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave to rest in a warm place for about an hour.
Melt the 2 tablespoons of butter in the microwave, add the sugar and cinnamon and mix well. Roll out the dough to a size of about 30 by 20cm and spread the melted butter-sugar-cinnamon mixture on the dough. Sprinkle with the blueberries and roll it up.
Start rolling up the longer side of the rectangle. Cut slices of about 3-4 cm and put them into a buttered and floured baking tin. Make sure that the individual rolls are not too close to each other, as they will rise in volume while baking. Leave to rest for about 30 minutes.
Make an egg wash with one egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of milk and coat the rolls.
Bake in a preheated oven (160°C) for about 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
If you want, you can spread some icing on top once they have cooled. I think that a cream cheese icing is the perfect addition.
Ingredients for the cream cheese icing
120 g cream cheese
2 tablespoons butter, melted
4 tablespoons sugar
juice of half a lemon
Mix the ingredients for the icing until you get a soft and smooth cream and spread it on the cold cinnamon rolls.
Of course, they also taste lovely when just being sprinkled with icing sugar.
Try them! Your friends and family will love them and they will love you!
Here is the recipe for printing:
- [b]For the dough:[/b]
- 500 g all purpose flour
- 100 g sugar
- 7 g dried yeast (1 sachet)
- pinch of salt
- pinch of grounded vanilla or vanilla sugar
- 200 ml milk
- 5 egg yolks
- 150 g melted butter
- [b]For the filling:[/b]
- 2 tablespoons of melted butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- about 200 g frozen or fresh blueberries
- [b]For the egg wash[/b]:
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon milk
- [b]For the cream cheese icing:[/b]
- 120 g cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- juice of half a lemon
- For the dough mix the flour, sugar, yeast, salt and vanilla. Melt the butter (in the microwave). If the milk and eggs are not at room temperature but from the fridge, put the milk in a jar, add the egg yolks and warm it up in the microwave (on high, for only about half a minute, as you don’t want the egg yolks to get cooked! 😉 )
- Add the milk-eggs-mixture and the melted butter to the flour mixture and knead with a food processor until the dough gets very smooth and shiny. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave to rest in a warm place for about an hour.
- Melt the 2 tablespoons of butter in the microwave, add the sugar and cinnamon and mix well. Roll out the dough to a size of about 30 by 20cm and spread the melted butter-sugar-cinnamon mixture on the dough. Sprinkle with the blueberries and roll it up. (Start rolling up the longer side of the rectangle.) Cut slices of about 3-4 cm and put them into a buttered and floured baking tin. Make sure that the individual rolls are not too close to each other, as they will rise in volume while baking. Leave to rest for about 30 minutes.
- Make en egg wash with one egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of milk and coat the rolls. Bake in a preheated oven (160°C) for about 40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
- If you want, you can spread some icing on top once they have cooled. I think that a cream cheese icing is the perfect addition.
- For the cream cheese icing mix the ingredients for the icing until you get a soft and smooth cream and spread it on the cold cinnamon rolls.
- Of course, they also taste lovely when just being sprinkled with icing sugar.
- Try them! Your friends and family will love them and they will love you!
