Cottage Cheese Swirls in Sour Cream Topping
Beautiful, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth buns! Cottage Cheese Swirls in Sour Cream Topping are like cinnamon rolls, but with cottage cheese filling and sour cream glaze.
Updated : 28 October, 2025
Easy
About 1 hour.
Ingredients
Dough
290 grams
Wheat flour
100 milliliters
Milk
50 grams
Butter
70 grams
Sour cream
50 grams
Sugar
1 teaspoon
Dry yeast
0.5 teaspoon
Salt
Filling
400 grams
Curd
1
Eggs
30 grams
Sugar
0.5 teaspoon
Vanilla sugar
Topping
150 grams
Sour cream
15 grams
Sugar
0.5 teaspoon
Vanilla sugar
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Prepare ingredients: quality butter, sour cream (20-30%), milk (3.2%), dry or fresh yeast (8 g fresh).
Step 2
Warm milk to 38-40 °C (100-104 °F), add 1 tsp sugar, and 3 Tbsp flour to make a sponge.
Step 3
Add yeast, mix, cover, let sit 15-20 min until bubbly.
Step 4
Melt butter, mix with sugar, salt, and sour cream. Combine with sponge.
Step 5
Gradually add flour: 1/3 at a time with whisk, then knead remaining by hand.
Step 6
Knead until smooth (~5 min), form a ball, cover, let rise 1 hour in warm place.
Step 7
Prepare filling: mix cottage cheese (9-18% fat), egg, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
Step 8
After dough rises, punch down and roll on a work surface (no extra flour needed).
Step 9
Roll dough into ~30×35 cm rectangle, 5-7 mm thick.
Step 10
Spread filling over dough, leaving 1 cm border on two short sides and one long side.
Step 11
Roll dough tightly along filled long side, seal seam, distribute filling evenly by hand.
Step 12
Cut roll into 12 equal pieces.
Step 13
Prepare baking tray(s) lined with parchment. Place swirls, cut side up.
Step 14
Cover swirls with a towel, let rest 30 min until slightly risen.
Step 15
Prepare sour cream glaze: mix thick sour cream with sugar and vanilla.
Step 16
Preheat oven to 170 °C (338 °F), top-bottom mode if electric.
Step 17
Bake swirls 45 min until golden brown.
Step 18
Remove swirls, immediately brush with sour cream glaze.
Step 19
Cover tray with foil, let swirls cool. Can serve warm or fully cooled.
Step 20
Excess flour may be left; do not over-add to avoid hard dough.
Step 21
Dough should stop sticking and pull away from bowl edges.
Step 22
If using grainy cottage cheese, blend with mixer for smoothness.
Step 23
Roll dough into a rectangle carefully, maintaining even thickness.
Step 24
Ensure edges are properly sealed when rolling to prevent filling leakage.
Step 25
Serve as dessert or breakfast; soft, fluffy, and delicious.