Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls

These Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls come together pretty quickly and easily using two time-saver products from the grocery store.  I utilize frozen bread dough for this recipe along with one of the sweet finishing butter from Private Selection™.   This is such a simple recipe.  I added in some dried cranberries and dried cherries, but you could omit if you'd like.

If you are familiar with the Kroger family of stores, you are probably familiar with their line of Private Selection™ products.  Since I buy many of the Private Selection™ products on a regular basis, I was excited to learn about their new line of finishing butters.  They offer six flavors:

 

Cinnamon Brown Sugar

Honey

Caramel Sea Salt

Roasted Garlic & Herbs

Lemon, Garlic & Herb

Lemon Pepper

 

 

I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the Private Selection™ line of finishing butters.  It has been so fun creating and testing some recipes using their products.  Although I did come up with a couple of delicious recipes in which to use their finishing butters, the savory butters can simply be used be on pasta, melted over any meat/fish or used atop grilled veggies.  The sweet butters are amazing spread on fresh baked goods or used to top French toast.

 

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For this recipe, I used their Cinnamon Brown Sugar Finishing Butter in both the filling of the rolls and in the icing.  It worked like a charm!  I had never made cinnamon rolls with cream cheese before.  The combination of the tanginess from the cream cheese combined with the sweet, cinnamon-y finishing butter was perfect! 

 

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Yields 8 rolls.

 

Ingredients:

 

FOR THE ROLLS -

 

1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed and brought to room temperature

Flour, for dusting

8 ounces softened cream cheese

1/4 cup sugar

2 heaping tablespoons Private Selection™ Cinnamon Brown Sugar Sweet Finishing Butter, room temperature

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 cup dried cherries

1/4 cup dried cranberries

 

FOR THE ICING -

 

1 cup confectioner's sugar

1 heaping tablespoon Private Selection™ Cinnamon Brown Sugar Sweet Finishing Butter, room temperature

3 tablespoons milk

Pinch of salt

 

Directions:

 

Grease a ten-inch round or 8 x 8" inch square baking dish with non-stick spray.  Set aside.

 

In a small mixing bowl, blend together the cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 heaping tablespoons Private Selection™ Cinnamon Brown Sugar Sweet Finishing Butter and cinnamon until creamy and smooth.

 

Dust a clean work surface with flour.  Using a rolling pin, roll out the bread dough into a 12 x 20 rectangle.  Spread the cream cheese mixture in an even layer onto the dough.  Sprinkle on the cherries and cranberries.  With the short side towards you, roll the dough up tightly.  Cut roll into eight equal slices using a serrated knife. (Eight slices fit well into a ten-inch round dish.  If you are using a square dish, you may want to cut the roll into nine slices for a better fit - three rows of three.)

 

Place the cut rolls into the baking dish.  Allow to rise lightly covered with plastic wrap on the counter in a warm place for about an hour (or until rolls are almost doubled in size).

 

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes or until rolls are just lightly beginning to brown.  Remove from oven.

Allow to rest for about 15 minutes.

 

Mix together the icing ingredients and drizzle atop warm rolls.

 

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This is a sponsored post on behalf of Private Selection™. Sponsorships help with the costs associated with operating and maintaining Joyously Domestic, the blog.  All opinions and views expressed within this post and on any social media referencing my use of Private Selection™ products are 100% my own based upon my own personal experience.  I do not accept payment or sponsorship in return for simply providing positive feedback.

 

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