Apricot Sweet Rolls

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Fresh Apricots make a delicious filling in these Apricot Sweet Rolls. These are your favorite cinnamon roll filled with a fruit filing. 

I’m down to my final few apricots left from the Peach Man. I bought a huge box of ripe apricots from our local fruit stand that needed to be used right away. I made homemade apricot jam and I have made these apricot sweet rolls three times! The kids are in sweet roll heaven!

For the first batch, I made an apricot filling with sugar, cornstarch and fresh cut apricots. When I went to roll up the dough I had nothing  but a giant mess.

The filling oozed out the sides and all over the counter. Then I cut the rolls….more mess. The end result was a delicious sweet roll, but I lost half the filling in the process.

I started batch two the next morning. This time I took the fresh apricots and cut them up into teeny tiny pieces. That was it.

Once the dough was rolled out, I brushed it with butter, sprinkled it with sugar and then sprinkled on the fresh cut apricots. Rolling the dough was just like rolling up cinnamon rolls; perfectly easy and absolutely beautiful.

The kids thought the rolls were delicious!

The third batch was simply because I still had a handful of apricots left and this time I just couldn’t resist!

I used my cinnamon roll recipe for the dough and then just added a very light sweet drizzle of icing at the end. These sweet rolls are delicious!

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Apricot Sweet Rolls

Kathy

Perfect for breakfast or for a mid-morning snack. 

5 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 2 hrs

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 2 hrs 25 mins

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Servings 12 rolls

Calories 192 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup milk (warmed)
• 2¼ teaspoons yeast (or one package)
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 3 whole eggs
• ½ cup butter (melted and cooled)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 - 5½ cups all purpose flour

Filling

• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup finely chopped fresh apricots

Glaze

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1-2 Tablespoons milk

Instructions

 

• In a large mixing bowl add milk, yeast and sugar. Let sit 5-10 minutes until yeast is bubbly.
• Add eggs, butter, salt and 2 cups of flour. Mix
• With mixer running, continue adding flour 1 cup at a time. You might not need all the flour.
• Knead for 10 minutes.
• Place in a well greased bowl and cover.
• Let stand until doubled, 60-90 minutes.
• Punch down and place on a flat surface.
• Roll out into a 12 x 18" rectangle.
• Brush with melted butter (reserve some of the butter for the top of rolls)
• Sprinkle sugar over butter and then sprinkle cut apricots.
• Roll dough and seal seam.
• Cut into 1" slices and place in a buttered baking dish.
• Let rise approx 30 minutes
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Let cool in dish.
• Mix glaze ingredients together and pour over baked and cooled cinnamon rolls.

Nutrition

Calories: 192kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 1gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 306mgPotassium: 81mgSugar: 18gVitamin A: 635IUVitamin C: 1.3mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 0.1mg

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