Green Cherry Sweet Rolls

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cups bread flour

  NOT all-purpose flour
• 1 pkg. dry yeast

  about 1/4 ounce or 2 1/4 teaspoons
• 1/2 stick unsalted butter

  (1/4 cup)
• 1/3 cup very warm water
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup 2% milk
• 2 large eggs

  beaten
• 2/3 cup light brown sugar

  packed
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter

  (1/2 stick)
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 8 oz. container green cherries

  chopped
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter

  (1/2 stick)
• 2 1/3 to 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

  as needed
• 1 tsp. almond extract
• 1 to 2 tbsp. 2% milk

  or as needed

Instructions

• 1 Heat milk over low to medium heat until butter melts.
• 2 Add to granulated sugar in large bowl and stir to dissolve sugar.
• 3 Cool slightly.
• 4 Then add beaten eggs.
• 5 Stir in 1 cup bread flour with a wooden spoon.
• 6 Dissolve yeast in hot water in small measuring cup.
• 7 Add to above mixture.
• 8 Continue to add flour one cup at a time, stirring after each addition.
• 9 Slide onto floured board and roll and knead.
• 10 Rest for 20 minutes on floured board under bowl filled with very hot water in
  warm place.
• 11 Punch and knead again about 30 seconds.
• 12 Roll dough into a large rectangle.
• 13 Spread filling ingredients over top of dough (see below).
• 14 Roll dough up jelly-roll style.
• 15 Slice dough into two-inch pieces.
• 16 Place in a greased, rectangular baking dish.
• 17 Cover with tea towel and let rise 1 hour in warm place.
• 18 Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 19 Remove from oven place on rack.
• 20 Pour icing over top.
• 21 Allow rolls to cool and icing to set before serving.
• 22 Melt butter in microwave in small mixing bowl.
• 23 Add brown sugar, almond extract and combine.
• 24 Spread over top of rolled rectangle-shaped dough.
• 25 Chop green cherries and sprinkle over top of filling mixture.
• 26 Roll up jelly-roll style.
• 27 Cut in two-inch pieces and place in a greased, rectangular baking dish.
• 28 Cover with a tea towel (not a terry-cloth towel) and allow rolls to raise one
  hour in a warm place.
• 29 Bake as directed above.
• 30 Melt butter over low heat in sauce pan.
• 31 Stir in milk.
• 32 Then whisk in powdered sugar, one cup at a time, until all is worked in.
• 33 If you want the icing a little thicker, add powdered sugar in 1/3 cup increments
  until you get the desired consistency.
• 34 Stir in almond extract; heat over low heat until icing boils.
• 35 Boil and stir for about three to five minutes over low heat.
• 36 Whisk continuously; don’t allow the mixture to scorch.
• 37 Slowly pour hot icing over top of all the sweet rolls, covering generously.
• 38 Allow icing to dry before serving.

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