Cheesymite Scrolls (Cheese & Vegemite!)

Cheese and Vegemite scrolls (Cheesymite scrolls)

5 from 37 votes

Cheesymite Scrolls (Cheese & Vegemite!)

Recipe video above. This is an unapologetic copycat recipe of the Bakers Delight Cheesymite Scrolls - but better, because I use butter and they use flavourless oil! With pillowy soft white bread, Vegemite and cheese, the dough is easy to work with and forgiving to make.

This makes 12 good sized scrolls and you'll save a bundle - $12.50 for this recipe compared to $54 to buy a dozen.

See Note 7 for food processor option. If using cups to measure the cheese, make sure to tightly pack it else you'll be short (devastating!).

Prep Time25

Cook Time35

Dough rising2

Course: Breads, Snack

Cuisine: Australian

Keyword: cheese vegemite scrolls, cheesymite scrolls, vegemite scrolls

Servings:

Calories: 437cal

Author: Nagi

Ingredients

Dough:

4 cups bread flour , substitute plain/all-purpose flour (Note 1)
3 tsp instant yeast (rapid-rise yeast) (Note 2)
2 tsp white sugar
1 1/4 tsp cooking salt (kosher salt), halve for table salt
1 1/2 cups+ 2 tbsp warm milk (full or low fat) (Note 3)

Vegemite & cheese:

50g/ 3 tbsp salted butter , softened
3 tbsp Vegemite (Note 4)
5 cups (500 g) Colby cheese , freshly shredded (or cheddar, Monterey Jack) (Note 5)

Cups - Metric

Instructions

Abbreviated recipe

Mix dry ingredients, add milk, knead 5 min. Rise until doubled (1.5 hours). Punch, roll out to 48 x 28 cm / 11 x 19” rectangle. Spread with butter, Vegemite then 300g cheese. Roll, cut into 12, put in lined pan, rise 30% (30 min). Top with remaining cheese.
Bake 25 minutes at 180°C/350°F (160°C fan), rotate, bake 10 minutes 200°C/375°F (180°C fan) - keep an eye on it. Cool 10 min, eat!

Full recipe

Check yeast - If your yeast is old or you weren't storing it in the fridge, check it's still good, see Note 6.
Make dough - Put the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook. Briefly mix to combine. Add the milk then mix on low until you no longer see flour. Then beat, starting on low then increasing to medium partway through, for 5 minutes until the dough is smooth (see video for before/after visuals). (Note 8)
Rise #1 - Shape the dough into a ball then put it back in the bowl. Cover with cling wrap. Let it rise in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours or until it doubles in size (see steps in post for more guidance).
Roll out - Punch the dough to deflate in the bowl. Lightly flour a work surface, turn the dough out then use your hands to roughly shape it into a rectangle. Then roll out into a 48 x 28 cm / 11 x 19”rectangle using a rolling pin.
Spread the dough with butter then with Vegemite. Sprinkle the whole area evenly with 3 cups (300g) of the cheese.
Cut - Roll up into a log then cut into 12 even pieces.
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan-forced). Lightly grease a 23 x 33cm / 9 x 13″ pan with butter. Then line with baking paper with overhang (so you can lift the slab out later).
Rise #2 - Place the scrolls into the pan, evenly spaced apart. Spray a piece of cling wrap lightly with oil then cover the pan. Let the scrolls rise in a warm place for 30 minutes or until they expand/rise by about 30-50%.
Bake - Top the scrolls with the remaining cheese. Bake for 25 minutes. Then rotate the pan and bake for a further 10 minutes at 200°C/375°F (180°C fan-forced) or until the cheese on the surface of the scrolls around the edge of the pan are light golden.
Rest - Cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Use the paper overhang to lift the slab onto a cooling rack then cool for a further 5 minutes. Peel the scrolls apart then devour! Best eaten warm. 20 seconds in the microwave!

Notes

1. Bread flour makes the softest, fluffiest Cheesymite Scrolls. But all-purpose/plain flour is very nearly as good. I wouldn’t make a special trip to the supermarket just to get bread flour. But if you’ve got it, use it!

2. Yeast - Look for cannisters/packs labelled "instant yeast" or "rapid-rise yeast". Recipe works with dry active yeast too. Mix active dry yeast with the sugar and 1/2 cup of the warm milk, set aside 10 min until very foamy (if it doesn't foam, it means yeast is dead, so time to get another). Then put the flour, salt, foamy milk mixture and remaining warm milk into a bowl. Mix to form a dough and proceed with recipe.

3. Milk - Either full or low fat is best here for the softest, fluffiest scrolls. I microwave on high for 1 minute. Don't make it scalding hot, it will kill the yeast. See under Ingredients in post for more information.

4. Vegemite - Needs no introduction for Australians! Read in post. Marmite, promite and bovril are similar but as I haven't made these with them, I can't say if they will taste as good. In my world, there is no substitute for Vegemite! :)

5. Cheese - Freshly shredded is best here so it melts better inside and on top of the scroll. See in post under Ingredients for more thoughts on cheese options (including why I don't like Tasty cheese).

PS I know 500g of cheese sounds like a LOT (and it is!) but this makes 12 big scrolls so it works out at 40g per scroll (less than 1/2 a cup). And they are called CHEESE and Vegemite Scrolls, after all....😇

6. Check your instant yeast is alive -Mix 1/2 tsp yeast with 1/4 cup warm water and 1/4 tsp sugar. Leave for 10 min, if it gets foamy, it's alive. If not, it's dead. Time to get new yeast!

7. Food processor option - Fit your food processor with the dough blade or even the standard metal S blade is fine. Proceed with recipe. It truly works just like a stand mixer!

8. Kneading - The dough should be caught up on the dough hook so it's being "flung" around the bowl (ie kneaded). If it rides up the side of the bowl instead, just stop the stand mixer and wrap the dough around the hook, then keep beating.

Storing - Keeps for 3 days in an airtight container in the pantry though they are at their absolute peak freshly made. Once cool, I always insist they be eaten warm (20 seconds in the microwave on high) which goes a long way to resurrect them to freshly-made-status. Freeze for 3 months.

Nutrition per Cheesymite Scroll. It's a meal. You can justify it.

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