Strawberry Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze

Strawberry Rolls are loaded with sweet strawberries and topped with a cream cheese glaze. Super soft, fluffy, and full of strawberry flavor. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.

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Recipe origin

The recipe was developed after I bought 2 whole flats of strawberries for a school fundraiser. Yep, 16-quart containers of fresh strawberries. A lot of berries that will undoubtedly be put to good use.

These strawberries will be turned into jam, toppings for pancakes, filling for a cobbler, strawberry pie filling, frozen for wintertime desserts, a strawberry dessert bowl, and a cheesecake.

Also, I am a huge fan of the Little Debbie Strawberry Rolls, and I wanted to make something like them. Honestly, these Homemade Strawberry Rolls are better!

Strawberry Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze

Why Should I make this Recipe?

These rolls are soft, fluffy, and full of strawberry sweetness. If you love cinnamon rolls, you will love these strawberry rolls with cream cheese glaze. This recipe is super easy to make, and everyone will love them.

What About this Recipe is Fantastic?

All of the ingredients are straightforward and can be found easily in grocery stores. When strawberries are in season, this is the best recipe to make and use fresh berries. If you want Strawberry Rolls during the winter, use frozen berries- just thaw them first.

Incredible strawberry flavor.

Cream Cheese Glaze is amazingly delicious.

Ingredients Needed for Strawberry Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze

Dough: Flour, milk, sugar, yeast, butter, eggs, vanilla, and salt.

Filling: strawberries, sugar, cornstarch

Glaze: cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar, milk

I use Active Dry Yeast. Make sure your yeast has a good date. You don’t want to use expired yeast. Your dough will not rise properly.

How to Make Strawberry Rolls

For complete instructions, see the recipe card below.

Make the dough:

Warm the milk in the microwave for 1 minute.
Pour into a stand mixing bowl, add yeast and sugar to the milk.
Stir slightly.
Let sit for 10 minutes until yeast dissolves.
After 10 minutes, turn the mixer to low whisk in butter, eggs, salt, and vanilla.
Change to a dough hook, then add flour. Mix until a soft dough forms-about 5 minutes.

Rise: Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double in size- about an hour.

Roll Out and Spread Filling: Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out into a 12″ x 18″ (or somewhat close) rectangle. Spread the strawberry filling onto the dough. Tightly roll the dough up to form a log. Pinch the end seams together to seal. This step is messy but totally worth it. *Tip* use a serrated knife to slice the dough. The filling will come out a little. Use a small spatula to help pick up from the cutting board and move to the buttered dish. Turn filling side up. Slice into 10-12 rolls. Arrange in prepared baking dish.

Rise Again: Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for at least an hour or two.

Bake and Glaze:

Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Make the Glaze.
Allow the rolls to cool for about 10 minutes.
Drizzle with Glaze.

Tools Needed for Homemade Strawberry Rolls

Stand Mixer with whisk and dough hook.

Mixing bowl

rolling pin

saucepan

knife

13″ x 9″ baking dish

plastic wrap

Expert Tips for Making the Best Strawberry Rolls with a Cream Cheese Glaze

The dough will be a little sticky. Make sure you flour the surface and your hands well.

Leave a 1″ border around the edge of the dough when adding the filling. This will help keep it from leaking out so much.

Make sure your milk is warm, not hot. Hot milk will kill the yeast.

Find a warm place for your dough to rise.

Check the expiration date on the yeast package.

Wipe your knife off between slices. This will help to keep the rolls a little neater.

Use a small spatula to help transfer the rolls from the cutting board to the baking dish.

Recipe FAQs

Yes. You can make the filling ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator until ready to use. This can be made 1-2 days in advance.

This recipe will easily make 10-12 rolls. The amount depends on how you slice them and how long you roll the dough out.

Yes. Feel free to use different fillings such as blackberry, blueberry, and cherry.

For More Strawberry Treats, be sure to check out:

Strawberry Cheesecake

Strawberry Dessert Bowl

Homemade Strawberry Pie Filling

Strawberry Cobbler

For More Breakfast Ideas:

Tomato Gravy — A very simple and Southern Tomato Gravy that can be served over hot biscuits or grits. An excellent way to use all of those fresh summertime garden tomatoes. Great for breakfast but also “breakfast for dinner” nights.

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls — Homemade Cinnamon rolls are soft, light, and packed with brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter. They are topped with a cream cheese icing that will have you licking your fingers for all of that ooey-gooey deliciousness.