Treat yourself to some roses! These Raspberry Jam Filled Rose Buns are easy to make, but look special for sharing!
Treat yourself and your loved ones to a dozen roses of the deliciously edible variety. These Raspberry Jam Filled Rose Buns look impressive, but are actually super easy to make. To make it even easier, I busted out my phone and took some “how-to” shots of the shaping of these buns, just for all us visual learners :)
I have a thing for raspberry jam, so it’s always my first choice, but any good, full-flavoured thick jam would work in these buns (or a marmalade would be nice too!). Like all bread products, these freeze beautifully.
With Valentine’s Day falling on a Sunday this year, I can’t think of a better thing to wake up to than Rose Buns and a piping hot coffee, so make some ahead, freeze and enjoy :)
Cook’s Notes for Raspberry Jam Filled Rose Buns
For best success, use a thick jam that will stay put when you spoon it into the middle of the dough. Runny jams will be quickly be all over the place :)
I (personally) find some jams, while great on toast, lack the punch of flavour that’s needed for buns like these. Namely, strawberry and cherry. Blueberry jam is a good choice, as is something like an orange marmalade or a tart lemon jam.
If you don’t have muffin tins or you want to try something different, you could also bake these in an 8 or 9-inch round cake pan (or cast iron skillet!) for more of a pull-apart version. I’m not exactly sure what size is best, but any size pan that will allow the buns to be snugged up against each other before they start to rise is perfect. You don’t want space between them as they rise or they will rise outward and turn into wilted roses, with their poor petals drooping down and out.
These buns are best in the first 24 hours after baking, but are still good within 48 hours of baking. When they get to the outer limits of that time frame, you can “freshen” them up by putting them into the microwave for 10 seconds before eating. Keep them in an airtight container at room temperature (once completely cooled) or freeze for longer storage.
Raspberry Jam Filled Rose Buns
Ingredients
- 350 g + all-purpose flour (2 1/2 cups +), as needed
- 60 g sugar (5 Tbsp)
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 160 g warm milk (2/3 cup)
- 2 1/4 tsp instant or active dry yeast
- 1 large egg
- 75 g butter (5 Tbsp), at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla or vanilla bean paste
- 1/2 cup Raspberry jam for filling
- 1 tsp egg, beaten with 1 tsp. water, for brushing before baking
Instructions
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To a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a kneading hook, add 2 cups of the flour, the sugar and salt. Mix to combine.
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Heat milk in a saucepan or the microwave until lukewarm. Add yeast, stir and allow to stand for 5 minutes, until frothy. Add to flour mixture, along with 1 egg, the butter and the vanilla. Mix to combine. Begin adding additional flour, starting with 1/4 cup increment, then in tablespoon increments, until you have a smooth, moist dough. Remove dough to a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rise until doubled, 60-90 minutes.
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Grease 10 muffin cups and set aside.
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When dough has risen, remove to a floured work surface. Divide dough into 10 equal portions and form into a ball (about 80g each, if you have a scale). Cover dough balls with a clean kitchen towel and let rest for 10 minutes. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a circle, about 5 1/2 - 6 inches in diameter. Using a sharp knife, cut slits into the dough as shown in the photo below. Place 1 Tbsp. of jam into the centre and continue shaping into rose as shown in the photos below, by working your way around the circle and wrapping each of the "petals" up and around each other, pinching as necessary to hold them together. Place into greased muffin cup. Repeat with remaining dough.
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Raspberry Jam Filled Rose Buns - how to shapeSave
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When all buns have been shaped, cover with greased plastic wrap and allow to rise until puffy, about 30-45 minutes.
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Preheat oven to 350° F. When buns are ready to bake, beat egg with 1 tsp. water. Brush buns with egg wash. Fill any empty muffin cups 1/2 full with water before baking.
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Bake in preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes, or until golden and they sound hollow when tapped.
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Remove from oven and allow to cool in muffin tin on cooling rack for 15-20 minutes, then remove from muffin tins to cool on the rack. When cool and before serving, dust generously with icing sugar.
The recipe says to prepare 8 cup muffin pan but then says to divide the dough into 10 pieces. Eight or
ten? Great presentation and looking forward to trying it!
Sorry June. My faulty memory is showing. I baked these a while back and weighed out the individual balls into 80g pieces, but for the life of me I couldn’t remember if I got 8 or 10 balls at that weight. I thought it was 8, but part way through writing it out, I feel more like it was 10 (that I had 2 empty cups). That said, my memory might be wrong. I’m going to make them again soon, so will double-check, but if dividing into 10 seems too small/thin, it’s probably 8 :)
Well, aren’t these just adorable Jennifer! Perfect Valentine’s breakfast treat! Love how you formed them into roses. These would be perfect for Mother’s Day too. Maybe when Casey comes home for spring break I’ll teach him how to make them so he can serve me breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day!
Thanks Mary Ann. I wish I could convince someone in this house to bake, but the next best thing for me is to bake ahead, freeze and then request with my breakfast in bed :)
Oh these are so sweet, Jennifer! I love them! And your iPhone pictures are super helpful. Such a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day! Hope you’re staying warm up there!
Thanks Liz! My kitchen is so dark, that photos are always tough, but my phone seems to handle them the best. Not the best quality, but better than nuthin’ :) And yes, it’s been an unusually mild winter here with very little snow. I hear you’re getting it all this year!
Thanks for the Cook’s Notes and photos of shaping. They will make all the difference for me! I think I’ll try baking them in a skillet or cake pan, but any way you make these they’ll be terrific!
Thanks Karen! Let me know how the skillet/pan works out (and what size worked well).
Gorgeous sweet rolls, I love the rose shape!
Thanks Laura :)
When I first saw the pictures of these buns I was like how did she get them in that lovely rose shape and then I saw the how to photos! Thanks for taking the extra time to make those! These are just too cool! Definitely need to try these out!
Thanks Linda! They were so pretty and so delicious. Wishing there were some left :)
I’d love to treat myself to some roses! These are absolutely beautiful. I love the jam filling :)
Thanks Katrina and you should treat yourself :)
Jennifer, girl, you have outdone yourself. These are gorgeous! This may sound kind of personal, but your buns are so much prettier than my buns! Love this jam too. How did you come up with this method? Brilliant! Sharing :)
Lol thanks Tricia :) I saw this method of shaping on a Russian baking forum that I haunt just to find stuff like this!
These are absolutely beautiful! What a wonderful presentation.
Thanks so much, Jennifer :)
These raspberry rose buns are simply stunning!
Thanks so much, Marissa :)
bonjour jennifer,qu’elle superbe gourmandise,sa donne envie dans croquer un!!
j’ai relevé ta recette pour la réalisé,bon la traduction,n’est pas terrible,mais je vais m’arranger.
ton blog est superbe!!
a bientôt!!
josette de france
Bonjour Josette! Merci beaucoup. J’apprécie vraiment vos aimables paroles :)
These buns are just gorgeous! Thanks for the step-by-step pictures!
Thanks so much, Sabrina :)
Would it be possible to use raspberry pie filling in this recipe?
Tried this recipe today and it turned out wonderfully! Ended up using probably closer to 3 cups of flour, as the dough seemed very sticky, and only ended up with 8 buns after weighing out ~80g balls (had only a little extra so I just shared it among the 8 balls of dough). All in all, it was pretty simple to put together, and the buns are so fluffy and lovely! I’ve bookmarked this page and will definitely make it again in the future.
So glad to hear, Sayada! I love the texture of this bread, too :) Thanks!