This is one of my all time favorite breakfast recipes. It is a Cooking Light recipe that tastes sinfully delicious. We have these rolls for Easter breakfast every year. They are very easy to make, but do require a lot of time to raise. If you loved the lemon sugar in the Daring Bakers’ Perfect Party Cake, you’ll love this recipe. The citrus flavored sugar is sprinkled over the rolls before you bake them and adds a delicious crunchy top to the rolls.
I usually do the overnight method and take them out of the fridge to rise at least an hour before I want to bake them. I also often make them with my own dough using my favorite dinner roll recipe that has some whole wheat flour added.
Ingredients
- 1 package frozen roll dough -- (25-ounce) (I usually use 18 Rhodes rolls)
- Cooking spray
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine -- melted
- 1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries -- (such as Craisins)
- OR 1/2 cup dried apricots -- chopped
- 1 cup granulated sugar -- divided
- 2/3 cup 1/3-less-fat cream cheese -- (6 ounces) softened (I usually just use 8 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 5 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Directions
- Thaw roll dough at room temperature 30 minutes. (It usually takes much longer for them to be soft enough to cut.)
- Cut rolls in half. Place 24 halves, cut sides down, in bottom of each of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans coated with cooking spray. Brush butter evenly over rolls. Cover; let rise in a warm place (85º), free from drafts, 30 minutes. Sprinkle with dried cranberries. Combine 1/4 cup granulated sugar, cream cheese, orange juice, and egg; beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Pour cream cheese mixture evenly over rolls. Combine 3/4 cup granulated sugar, and rinds. Sprinkle evenly over rolls. Cover and let rise 1 hour or until doubled in size. (It usually takes much longer to double in size.)
- Preheat oven to 350º.Bake at 350º for 20 minutes. Cover with foil. Bake an additional 5 mintues or until rolls in center are done. Remove from oven; cool 15 minutes. Combine powdered sugar and lemon juice. Drizzle over rolls.
- OVERNIGHT VARIATION: After pouring the cream cheese mixture over rolls, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 12 hours. Gently remove plastic wrap from rolls; sprinkle with rind mixture. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes or until dough has doubled in size. (It usually takes much longer to double in size.) Proceed with recipe as directed.
Notes
Source: Cooking Light Magazine, December 1999
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I love to bake, especially cookies, cakes, and pies. I’ll post my adventures in the kitchen, my favorite new recipes, as well as our family favorites.
looks so amazingly good! must be delicious
I love any kind of pull-aparts, and these sound especially good!
I love the sound of these Barbara and they look so gooey and good (just how you’d want a pullapart to be!)
Oh my, these look and sound delicious. I should make these for my mom- I know she'd love them!
Thanks so much for sending me this link. I LOVE sweet rolls but rarely make them. I need more visitors to come stay with me so I can have an excuse to make these!
Popping over from Taste and Tell where I read about these rolls and they do look amazing! Can’t wait to give them a try!
Hi! Thanks for popping in. Definitely give them a try. It’s one of the few recipes that I make over and over again.
These were the best things EVERRRRRRR! Such a perfect recipe
Good looking recipe.