These Lemon Raspberry Sweet Rolls feature tender, flaky pastry filled with berries, and a lemon cream cheese frosting.
Prep Time: 25 minutes • Cook Time: 30 minutes • Rise Time: 1 hour 45 minutes • Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Servings: 12 rolls
INGREDIENTS
Sweet Rolls Dough
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 cup whole milk, warmed
- 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (or 1 packet)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Lemon Blueberry Filling
- 2 cups blueberries
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar, or more as needed
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Sweet Rolls Dough
- Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan and set aside.
- Dissolve the sugar into the warm milk and stir in the active yeast. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes until frothy.
- Add the milk mixture, melted butter, egg, salt and half of the flour to a large mixing bowl or electric mixer with a dough hook. Beat for several minutes, gradually adding the remaining flour until the dough comes together and is slightly tacky.
- Roll the dough into a ball and place into a lightly greased bowl and cover with a damp towel or plastic wrap. Let the dough rise for 1 hour, or until doubled.
- Punch the dough down and roll out on a lightly floured surface into a 10×14-inch rectangle.
Lemon Blueberry Filling
- Mix the blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest together in a bowl and spread across the top of the rolled out dough, edge to edge.
- Roll the dough up lengthwise into a log. Slice the roll into 12 evenly sized pieces.
- Place the 12 roll slices into your prepared baking pan. Cover with a damp towel or plastic wrap and allow to rise for another 30-45 minutes or until doubled in size.
- When the dough is just about done rising, preheat oven to 350°F.
- Bake the sweet rolls for 25-35 minutes, or until fully cooked through. Allow to cool.
Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
- While the rolls are baking, prepare your frosting.
- Beat the butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract and continue to mix until smooth.
- Spread the prepared frosting across the top of the cooled rolls and serve.
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