Sourdough Strawberry Cheesecake Sweet Rolls (Video)
These heart shaped sourdough strawberry cheesecake sweet rolls made with soft and fluffy sourdough and a creamy cheesecake filling are absolutely delicious! Strawberry cheesecake sweet rolls are good anytime of the year, but I especially like to make them around Valentine’s day, They’re also fun to make in the summer during strawberry season! The strawberry and cream cheese filling along with the tangy sourdough are some of my favorite springtime flavors.

These delicious strawberry cheesecake cinnamon rolls can be made the night before so you can quickly bake them fresh for breakfast in the morning, or you can bake them right away for a quick dessert. You can mix the dough up in a mixer, or just do some quick stretch and folds by hand to develop the gluten. This strawberry sweet roll recipe can also be made with discard or active sourdough starter and it will turn out just fine. This flexible recipe is one that you and your whole family are going to love!
Sourdough Sweet Rolls
The best sweet rolls I’ve ever tasted have been made with sourdough, and adding a strawberry cheesecake filling just takes them up a notch. There’s something about the slight tang of the sourdough combined with the sweet ribbons of strawberry and cream cheese filling that makes these the absolute best sweet rolls you’ll ever eat!
There’s nothing quite like a delicious batch of strawberry cheesecake rolls on a spring morning with hot tea and good company. These dreamy rolls are also perfect for a Valentine’s Day breakfast or brunch, special occasions or even for a Sunday morning breakfast. Because they can be made the night before, you can easily have them ready for a yummy breakfast anytime during the year, even during the busy summer months. Fresh strawberry cinnamon sweet rolls and coffee in the garden make for a special sweet treat.

What Are The Health Benefits Of Sourdough?
Anytime you add a fermented element like sourdough to a recipe, it becomes more nutritious because it contains live probiotics and good bacteria that help with gut health and digestion. Gluten and phytic acid are naturally present in wheat, and are usually what is to blame for people not being able to digest gluten well. When the grain is fermented through the sourdough process, the gluten and phytic acid are broken down, making it easier to digest. A lot of people that struggle with gluten intolerance (not people with celiac), can digest food made with sourdough without any issue, especially if the recipe is allowed to sit out for a few hours and “long ferment”.
In addition, phytic acid is an anti-nutrient that blocks absorption of the nutrients found in wheat. During the sourdough fermentation process, the phytic acid gets broken down and the nutrients are more bio-available to the body. This is why baking with sourdough is so important for our health.
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FAQ
Why are my sourdough cinnamon rolls not fluffy?
If you add too much flour to your dough, they won’t be as fluffy. You don’t want a sticky dough, but not a super dry dough either. Make sure you give them enough time to rise, I prefer to raise them overnight. You can make quick cinnamon rolls with baking powder and baking soda as the leavening, but they won’t be as fluffy as the rolls you allow to rise overnight.
What Are Strawberry Cream Cheese Sourdough Sweet Rolls?
Sourdough sweet roll dough is combined with a sweetened cream cheese mixture and a layer of strawberry filling. Baked in a cast iron skillet, and then drizzled with a powdered sugar glaze, these sourdough rolls are easy and delicious.

How do you make sourdough rolls less dense?
Allow them to rise until they are fluffy. Make them with active sourdough starter.
What kind of flour is best for strawberry cheesecake sweet rolls?
Bread flour will give you the fluffiest and softest rolls, but you can make sweet rolls with a variety of flours including whole grain or all purpose.
If you’re looking for classic cinnamon rolls, try our easy overnight sourdough cinnamon rolls.

Tips
- To gain all of the health benefits from making these with long-fermented sourdough, be sure to allow them to ferment at room temperature overnight. This will ensure that most of the phytic acid and gluten in the flour are consumed by the sourdough starter making these much easier to digest especially if you are gluten intolerant.
- If your sourdough starter is really thin, you may need to add a little more flour to this recipe. I always mix them until they dough pulls away from the sides of my mixer bowl, or until it’s not super sticky if mixing up by hand.
- You can mix these in a mixer (my favorite is a Bosch), or just mix up the dough and do a series of kneading or stretch and folds every few minutes for about an hour to develop the gluten in these rolls. Then just roll them out, shape and allow to rise until double and then bake.
- You can use string to cut the rolls if you’d like, but I find that cutting them with a very sharp knife works just fine for my family.
- It is perfectly safe to add the eggs to this dough and still allow the dough to bulk ferment at room temperature overnight because the good active bacteria in the sourdough starter will prevent any bad bacteria from forming on the eggs.

Find other delicious recipes here:
- Best Sourdough Waffles
- Overnight Sourdough Pancakes
- Easy Sourdough Drop Biscuits
- Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
Dough Ingredients
Water or milk
You can use warm milk or buttermilk in this cinnamon roll recipe. Basically any kind of liquid will be fine.
Sourdough starter
Active sourdough starter is preferred, but sourdough discard works just fine too providing you are adding the baking soda and baking powder into the recipe. Learn how to make your own sourdough starter here.
Butter
Homemade butter is my favorite fat to put into these rolls, but you can also use melted beef tallow or coconut oil.
Sweetener
Sugar is what I use most often, but you can make these with honey or cane sugar as well.
Salt
Redmond real salt from Azure Standard is my favorite, but any kind of salt will do.
Eggs
Farm fresh eggs are always best.
Flour
Bread flour will make the fluffiest rolls, but I’ve made these cinnamon rolls many times with all purpose flour. You could also make them with whole grain flour, but they wouldn’t be quite as fluffy.
Baking powder & baking soda
Optional – only needed if baking right away with no rise time.
Strawberry Cream Cheese Filling Ingredients
- Cream Cheese
- Vanilla
- Strawberries, fresh or frozen – or strawberry jam
- Sugar
- Lemon Juice
- Corn starch

Glaze Ingredients
- Milk
- Powdered Sugar

Tools You May Need
- Stand mixer. You can mix these rolls up by hand, but I usually use my favorite Bosch mixer and just mix up the dough while I’m cleaning up supper dishes in the evening. This makes the rolls fast and easy to make.
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Rolling pin
- Pizza Cutter
- Cast iron skillet
- Saucepan (for making the strawberry filling)
How To Make Strawberry Cheesecake Sourdough Sweet Rolls
Mix Up The Dough
In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, combine the first six ingredients.
If using a mixer, start mixing on low and slowly add the flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Add in the baking powder and baking soda if you want to bake these rolls right away. Continue mixing the dough on medium speed for 5-8 minutes.
If you’re not using a mixer, add the flour to the other ingredients in the bowl and knead until the dough comes together into a nice ball. Stretch and fold or knead the dough every 15-30 minutes for a couple hours. This will develop the gluten similar to how the mixer develops it by mixing.
Make The Filling
While the dough is mixing, make the strawberry filling. You can also just use strawberry jam or strawberry pie filling, but I prefer to make my own. To make the thick strawberry filling, combine chopped strawberries and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the strawberries are bubbly. Mix the lemon juice and corn starch together and add to the strawberries. Stir until thick. Cool for a few minutes before spreading on the rolls.

Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla together in a small mixing bowl and stir well.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough using a rolling pin to ¼” thick in the shape of a rectangle.

Assemble The Sweet Rolls
Spread the cream cheese filling on the dough.

Then spread the cooled strawberry filling on the dough.

Using a pizza cutter, slice the dough into strips about 1” thick across the short side of the rectangle.

Roll each slice of dough towards the center. Make sure each side is even and push the center of the rolls into a “V” shape, forming a heart.

Place each roll point side out in a greased cast iron skillet or round baking dish.

Long Fermented Option
Cover with plastic wrap or beeswax wrap and let the dough rise in a warm place overnight. If you need to wait longer than overnight to bake them, place them in the refrigerator, and pull them out to finish raising a couple of hours before baking.
You can also freeze the cinnamon rolls at this point, and take them out of the freezer to raise and bake later on.
Quick Bake Option
If you added the baking powder and baking soda to your dough, you can bake them immediately after rolling them out.
Bake the rolls
When ready to bake, preheat your oven to 375 degrees and bake rolls for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
While the rolls are baking mix up the glaze. Remove rolls from the oven and drizzle the glaze over the warm rolls.

Serve warm with a cup of coffee or tea from Farmhouse Teas.
Savor every bite! Store any leftovers in an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to one week, although I know they’ll never last that long.
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Strawberry Cheesecake Sourdough Sweet Rolls

These heart shaped sourdough strawberry cheesecake sweet rolls made with soft and fluffy sourdough and a strawberry cheesecake filling are absolutely delicious! Strawberry cheesecake sweet rolls are good anytime of the year, but I especially like to make them around Valentine’s day, They’re also good in the summer when the strawberries are ripe! The strawberry and cream cheese filling along with the tangy sourdough are some of my favorite springtime flavors.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water or milk
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- ½ cup melted butter
- ½ cup sugar or honey
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 4-5 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (optional - only use if baking right away)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda (optional - only use if baking right away)
- Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Strawberry Filling
- 1 1/2 c. strawberries, fresh or frozen
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- Glaze Ingredients
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Mix Up The Dough
In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, combine the first six ingredients.
If using a mixer, start mixing on low and slowly add the flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Add in the baking powder and baking soda if you want to bake these rolls right away.
If you’re not using a mixer, add the flour to the other ingredients in the bowl and knead until the dough comes together into a nice ball. Stretch and fold or knead the dough every 15-30 minutes for a couple hours. This will develop the gluten similar to how the mixer develops it by mixing.
Make The Filling
While the dough is mixing, make the strawberry filling. You can just use strawberry jam. Or you can make a thick strawberry filling by combining strawberries and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the strawberries are bubbly. Mix the lemon juice and corn starch together and add to the strawberries. Stir until thick. Cool for a few minutes before spreading on the rolls.
Add the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla to a small bowl and stir well.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough using a rolling pin to ¼” thick in the shape of a rectangle.
Assemble The Sweet Rolls
Spread the cream cheese filling on the dough.
Then spread the cooled strawberry filling on the dough.
Using a pizza cutter, slice the dough into strips about 1” thick across the short side of the rectangle.
Roll each slice of dough towards the center. Make sure each side is even and push the bottom of the roll into a “V” shape, forming a heart.
Place each roll point side out in a greased cast iron skillet or round baking dish.
Long Fermented Option
Cover with plastic wrap or beeswax wrap and let the dough rise in a warm place overnight. If you need to wait longer than overnight to bake them, place them in the refrigerator, and pull them out to finish raising a couple of hours before baking.
You can also freeze the cinnamon rolls at this point, and take them out of the freezer to raise and bake later on.
Quick Bake Option
If you added the baking powder and baking soda to your dough, you can bake them immediately after rolling them out.
Bake the rolls
When ready to bake, preheat your oven to 375 degrees and bake rolls for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
While the rolls are baking mix up the glaze. Remove rolls from the oven and drizzle the glaze over the warm rolls.
Serve warm with a cup of coffee or tea from Farmhouse Teas.
Savor every bite! Store any leftovers in an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to one week, although I know they’ll never last that long.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1097Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 75mgSodium: 391mgCarbohydrates: 204gFiber: 7gSugar: 36gProtein: 26g