Cranberry Cream Cheese Sourdough Dinner Rolls offer a delicious twist on classic homemade dinner rolls. Made with an enriched sourdough dough featuring milk, honey, butter, eggs, and fresh orange zest, these rolls are wonderfully soft, tender, and full of flavor. Each roll is filled with creamy cream cheese and tart dried cranberries, making them a festive addition to your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner table.
. Mix Wet & Dry: In a large bowl, whisk together the milk,egg, sourdough starter, orange zest, honey, salt, egg and all-purpose flour.
When it become soft dough gradually incorporate softened butter
Knead: Knead the dough for about 8 minutes until smooth and elastic, or until it passes the windowpane test (incorporating butter gradually if doing the enriched fold method).
First Rise (Bulk Ferment): Let the dough bulk ferment for about 5 hours at warm room temperature (78°F), doing stretch-and-folds every 30 minutes if desired.
Shape: Divide the dough into equal balls (around 106g each).
Then place 27g of creamcheese mixture into the dough and shape them into round and place them into a greased baking pan or dish.
Second Rise: Cover and let proof for 30-45 minutes until puffy and doubled.
Bake: Preheat your oven 375°F depending on your specific batch size) and bake for about 23 minutes rotate the pan, and bake for another 7 minutes until golden brown.
Finish: Brush the warm tops generously with melted butter right out of the oven.
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Notes. If you want you can double the cream cheese filling as well as amount of honey to make it more sweeter dinner rolls.