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Soft and Fluffy Cheese Rolls Recipe

These soft and fluffy cheese rolls are made using an easy dough and rolled with shredded cheddar cheese and a tomato & red pepper sauce.
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Course: Easy Baking
Cuisine: British
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 9 Rolls

Ingredients

  • 250 ml (1 cups) whole milk, warm* see notes
  • 2 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) butter, melted
  • 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) honey
  • 7 g (¼ oz) fast-acting yeast, 1 sachet if using packets
  • 2 (2) eggs, beaten
  • 500-550 g (3 ⅘ cups) strong flour
  • ½ teaspoon (½ teaspoon) salt
  • 1 (1) jar tomato and grilled pepper sauce* see notes
  • 300 g (2 ½ cups) grated cheddar
  • 3 (3) sprigs thyme, leaves picked

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 170ºc fan or 180º conventional and line a 23cm square baking tin with nonstick baking paper.
  • Start by weighing the butter and milk in a medium bowl and warming in the microwave. The mixture should be warm and the butter melted.
  • Once the mix is warm but not hot, whisk in the eggs, yeast and honey. Set the bowl aside for about 5 minutes until the yeast has started to froth on the top of the mix. Add in the flour and salt. Mix the flour and milk mixture together until you have a shaggy dough.
  • Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface until the dough comes together and is soft and bounces back when gently pressed.
  • Place the dough back in the mixing bowl and cover with a tea towel or some cling film and set in a warm place until doubled in size. This should only take about 30-40 minutes.
  • Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle about ¼ cm thick.
  • Spread the red pepper sauce over the entire surface of the dough and sprinkle the thyme leaves and then cheddar over the surface. Press the cheese lightly into the dough.
  • Starting with the long edge closest to you roll the dough tightly. When you've rolled the dough into a log, pinch along the edge to seal. Cut the dough into 9 equal rolls.
  • Place with the cut side up in a lined baking tin. Leave covered in a warm place for another 30 minutes, then bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling and the rolls are baked through.

Notes

  1. This recipe truly benefits from the higher fat content in whole milk and creates a really soft dough, but if you have skim or semi skim that will work too. 
  2. As a substitute, you can use pesto or red onion chutney instead of the grilled pepper sauce.
  3. Add extra cheese, herbs or even toss in some parma ham to turn these into pizza rolls.

Nutrition

Calories: 380kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 369mg | Potassium: 158mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 453IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 291mg | Iron: 3mg
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