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Peaches and Cream Cinnamon Rolls

Soft and fluffy cinnamon rolls filled with fresh peaches – top it off with a sweet icing and you’ll be in peaches and cream heaven!

Ingredients

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Filling:

  • 3 Tablespoons butter
  • 3 cups (525g) of fresh peaches, cubed
  • 3/4 cup (75g) granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 & 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 Tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Dough Ingredients:

  • 2 cups (454 g/ml) warm water (about 115°F)
  • ¼ cup (28g) nonfat powdered milk
  • ½ cup (43g) boxed potato flakes
  • ½ cup (99g) granulated sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon, plus 1 teaspoon (12g) instant yeast*
  • 1 & ½ teaspoons (9g) salt
  • ¼ cup (56g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
  • ½ cup (92g) butter flavored shortening
  • 2 large eggs
  • 56 cups (600g-720g) bread flour

Icing:

  • 4 cups (552g) powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 35 Tablespoons milk, as needed

Instructions

Prepare the filling:

  1. In a saucepan, on medium low heat, brown the 3 Tablespoons of butter – melt and allow it to lightly simmer until it starts to brown. It should have a slightly nutty aroma.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients for the filling: peaches, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice and cornstarch. Stir constantly for 2-3 minutes until the filling thickens. Do not completely cook the peaches, just get them a little tender. Once the filling is thickened, remove the pan from the heat and set it aside to cool completely.

Mix the dough:

  1. In a large bowl, combine warm water, powdered milk, potato flakes, sugar, yeast and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk. Pour into the mixer bowl and secure the dough hook attachment to your mixer.
  2. Add the butter, butter flavored shortening and eggs. Add 3 cups of the bread flour. Mix for about 30 seconds until ingredients are incorporated. Stop the mixer and scrape down sides of bowl with a spatula.
  3. Turn mixer on low and add 2 more cups of the bread flour, 1/2 cup at a time. After adding the 2 cups of flour, let dough continue to mix for about 1 minute. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed. If dough is not mostly cleaning sides of the bowl, add more flour 1/4 cup at a time until it cleans the sides of the bowl. Stop the mixer and check the dough by gently pressing your finger into it. If the dough does not stick to your finger, it should be ready to knead. *When in doubt, it’s always best to go lighter on the flour. You can always add more flour, but you can’t take flour away. Too much flour in your dough will give you dry, dense rolls.
  4. Knead on low speed for 5 minutes.
  5. Remove dough from mixer and place in a greased bowl. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise until doubled in size, about 60-90 minutes.

Let’s roll:

  1. Divide dough into two 28-30-ounce portions. If you don’t have a scale, you can eyeball it. Round each portion to an oval shaped piece of dough by pulling and tucking it under. This will make it easier to roll out into a rectangle.
  2. Flour your work surface and roll dough out to a rectangular shape, about 10 inches by 18 inches.
  3. Spread half of the filling onto the dough, leaving a one inch border at the top edge. Leaving this border will help seal the dough shut when rolled up.
  4. Start with the long side closest to you, and working from left to right begin to roll dough up. You can tug and pull as you go, tightening the roll. This can get messy – if peaches are sliding out, tuck them back in as best as you can. You can also place any extra peaches on top of the rolls.
  5. Once rolled up, pinch the seam shut.
  6. Using a piece of dental floss or baker’s twine, make a light indentation where your cuts will be. One rollout will give you 9 large rolls. This will be your guide to know where to cut and to help make them all the same size.
  7. When ready to make your cuts, slide the floss under one end of the dough, bring the ends of the floss up, cross them over and tug to cut through the dough to make a 2-inch-wide roll. Continue to cut to get 9 equal sized rolls. If you prefer, you can also cut them with a very sharp knife. Repeat steps 2-7 with the second piece of dough.
  8. Place peach cinnamon rolls on a greased baking sheet about 1-2 inches apart. Cover with plastic wrap and let proof for about 45-60 minutes, or until they double in size.

Bake:

    1. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 18-24 minutes or until edges are just golden brown. Allow to cool before icing.

Time to frost:

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the icing, adding the milk slowly until the desired consistency is achieved. A thicker icing will set up better on the rolls – add just enough milk for the right consistency. 
  2. Allow the icing to set for 10 minutes before serving.
  3. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. You can freeze the peach cinnamon rolls to bake later. Roll them up and place on baking sheet. Place baking sheet in freezer and allow to freeze solid (usually takes about 24 hours). Then store in Ziplock bag in the freezer for up to 2 months. To bake, place on baking sheet and allow to rise and bake as usual. Rise time will typically be 5-6 hours, depending on how warm your kitchen is.
  2. Save time and make the dough the night before and refrigerate – roll them up in the morning and let rise to double in size, about 45 minutes before baking.
  3. This dough is the same base dough for my Crescent Dinner Rolls. It can also be used for various sweet rolls by switching up the filling and the frosting. It’s called my “Master Roll Dough” on my blog.