Orange Rolls

Let rise for an hour.
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes and let cool. Drizzle with icing.

Orange Rolls
Submitted by Erin

1 recipe dinner rolls (below)
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 T. freshly squeezed orange juice
Grated orange rind from two large oranges

Orange Glaze:
Mix together 1 ½ cups powdered sugar, 3 T. freshly squeezed orange juice and ½ tsp. grated orange rind.

Follow directions below for dinner rolls. Combine butter, sugar, orange juice and orange rind in a small bowl and mix well.
When dough is ready to shape into rolls, punch down and divide in thirds. Roll each portion into large rectangle about 9x13 inches, ¼ inch thick. Spread each rectangle with one-third of the butter/orange/sugar mixture. Starting with the long side, roll up jelly roll style. Seal edges well, then cut with dental floss into 1-inch slices.
Place on a greased baking sheet (I fit 15 on a sheet - three rows of five). Let rise away from draft until dough doubles. (Today that took about 1 hour.) Bake at 350° for about 20 minutes. (Mine were done at about 16 minutes, so check early.) Remove rolls from pans and cool on wire rack. When rolls are cool, drizzle with orange glaze.

Rolls

2 1/2 cups warm water

1/2 cup oil

3/4 cups sugar

3 1/2 tbs. yeast

mix all together, let rise for 15 minutes.

Add 2 room temperature eggs (whisked). In bowl combine 6 1/2 cups flour, 1 tbs. salt and 1/2 cup flour more if you need it. I use my dough hook on my kitchen-aid mixer. Don't over mix. Let dough sit for 15 minutes before rolling out. Separate into 2 balls. Roll out into 1/2 inch rectangle and follow instructions for orange rolls.

I got this recipe from sistercafe.blogspot.com. My sister made them and everyone absolutely loved them. I gave these out for visiting teaching and to friends for Christmas. They were so yummy. I used a different roll recipe than they did. They used Lion house rolls.