Cherry Pineapple Sweet Rolls

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/4 cup salted butter

  cold, cut in slivers or softened (1/2 stick)
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half

  warmed (see note below)
• 4 cups bread flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 2 tsp. bread machine yeast

  (I prefer Fleischmann's)
• 1/4 cup salted butter

  softened (1/2 stick)
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar

  packed
• 8 oz. container candied cherries and pineapple fruit mix
• 2 tsp. almond extract
• 1/2 cup salted butter

  softened (1 stick)
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 3 tbsp. half-and-half

  or more, as needed
• dash sea salt
• 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

• 1 Layer ingredients in bread canister in order given.
• 2 Slice butter and spread around in bread canister.
• 3 Warm half-and-half in the microwave approximately one and a half to two minutes
  until cream is warmed.
• 4 Pour into bread canister.
• 5 Then add bread flour, granulated sugar, salt and yeast.
• 6 Place on dough setting of bread maker.
• 7 This will take approximately 2 hours.
• 8 Remove dough from bread canister and roll out into a very large rectangle.
• 9 Soften butter.
• 10 Spread butter over top of rolled out dough to the edges.
• 11 Sprinkle brown sugar over top.
• 12 With the palm of your hand, gently spread brown sugar evenly over top of butter
  filling in all the crevices.
• 13 Spread to the edges.
• 14 Sprinkle chopped cherry pineapple mix over top, then sprinkle with almond
  extract. 
• 15 Drop little drops of almond extract over the entire rectangle as evenly as
  possible.
• 16 Roll up tightly, but gently, jelly-roll style.
• 17 Cut into even one-inch sections with a sharp knife.
• 18 Place cut side up in a greased rectangular baking dish.
• 19 Allow to rise in a warm place about an hour to two hours, until doubled in bulk.
• 20 Bake at 350° approximately 17-20 minutes or until rolls test done and are no
  longer gooey in the center.
• 21 Remove from oven and add icing immediately over top of hot rolls.
• 22 Serve. 
• 23 Place ingredients in a mixer and beat for several minutes.
• 24 Dollop over top of hot sweet rolls as soon as they come out of oven.
• 25 Spread icing with a rubber spatula so icing covers the rolls completely.

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