--Wandered the house looking for something, ended up in the kitchen, look through your fridge, eat something random... and totally forget what it was you were looking for in the first place?
--Been too exhausted to eat, let alone do your homework?
--Wake up early (that is, before 7am) every morning, including Sundays, just because of the fact that you get up that early the rest of the six days in the week?
You too? Happens to me all the time.
Swim season, coupled with school and homework, add to that endless construction within my house, makes for a very overwhelmed person. With barely any free time on my hands and a due date for a painting looming ahead I don't have much time to bake, let alone update this blog. But here they are, the promised blueberry cream cheese cinnamon rolls.
Better than you can imagine. Can we say seconds, please? Yes, yes, yes! That is, if you make it in time for there to even be any left.
DOUGH:
1 – 1/4 ounce package active dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon, plus 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk (room temperature)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg + 1 egg yolk
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, (sifted)
3/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter (room temperature)
FILLING:
4 ounce cream cheese (room temperature)
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
about 1 1/2 cups blueberries (use more or less, whatever you prefer)
ICING:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine yeast, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, and 1/4 cup water (heated in the microwave for 60 seconds) in a big bowl. Stir to combine and let sit until frothy and foamy (about 10 minutes).
Mix in the milk, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, flour, and sugar. Knead together.
Add the butter and keep kneading for another five minutes. The dough will be wet and sticky. Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel, and let sit in a warm place for 1.5 to 2 hours (it should double in size).
Make the filling while the dough rises. Combine sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and cloves in a bowl. Stir in the maple syrup and set aside. Wash the blueberries. Put the cream cheese in a small bowl and stir with a knife to make it more easily spreadable.
Once the dough has risen put it on a heavily floured surface and knead it for about three minutes. Keep kneading in small amounts of flour until it isn't as sticky anymore. Roll out the dough into a 10 in x 10 in square.
Evenly spread the cream cheese over the dough. You will probably have cream cheese left over, since you don't want to put too much on!
Fold the dough into thirds, like you would a letter. Then, fold it into thirds again. Flip over the dough and gently roll it out into a rectangle, about 10 in x 20 in. Pour the filling onto the dough and spread it out, leaving about 1/2 inch around the sides. Place the blueberries over the area of the dough and lightly press the filling into the dough so that it sticks. Tightly roll the dough up. Trim off the uneven edges and divide the dough into eight.
Butter a 9inx13in pan and place the eight separate rolls into the pan side by side. Cover the pan with a kitchen towel and let it rise for another hour. (If you want you can refrigerate the rolls overnight, though you'll have to let them warm up to room temperature before baking.)
Heat oven to 375°F. Bake until golden brown, or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
While the rolls are baking, make the icing by whisking together the sugar, buttermilk, and vanilla. Once the rolls are done remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes before drizzling the icing over the pan. Sit and let cool, or enjoy warm. They're best warm. Take it from me, and several other people present in my house.
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine yeast, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, and 1/4 cup water (heated in the microwave for 60 seconds) in a big bowl. Stir to combine and let sit until frothy and foamy (about 10 minutes).
Mix in the milk, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, flour, and sugar. Knead together.
Add the butter and keep kneading for another five minutes. The dough will be wet and sticky. Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel, and let sit in a warm place for 1.5 to 2 hours (it should double in size).
Make the filling while the dough rises. Combine sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and cloves in a bowl. Stir in the maple syrup and set aside. Wash the blueberries. Put the cream cheese in a small bowl and stir with a knife to make it more easily spreadable.
Once the dough has risen put it on a heavily floured surface and knead it for about three minutes. Keep kneading in small amounts of flour until it isn't as sticky anymore. Roll out the dough into a 10 in x 10 in square.
Evenly spread the cream cheese over the dough. You will probably have cream cheese left over, since you don't want to put too much on!
Fold the dough into thirds, like you would a letter. Then, fold it into thirds again. Flip over the dough and gently roll it out into a rectangle, about 10 in x 20 in. Pour the filling onto the dough and spread it out, leaving about 1/2 inch around the sides. Place the blueberries over the area of the dough and lightly press the filling into the dough so that it sticks. Tightly roll the dough up. Trim off the uneven edges and divide the dough into eight.
Butter a 9inx13in pan and place the eight separate rolls into the pan side by side. Cover the pan with a kitchen towel and let it rise for another hour. (If you want you can refrigerate the rolls overnight, though you'll have to let them warm up to room temperature before baking.)
Heat oven to 375°F. Bake until golden brown, or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
While the rolls are baking, make the icing by whisking together the sugar, buttermilk, and vanilla. Once the rolls are done remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes before drizzling the icing over the pan. Sit and let cool, or enjoy warm. They're best warm. Take it from me, and several other people present in my house.
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