Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls
Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls will make your holiday season a whole lot sweeter! This easy recipe can be made in less than an hour and the rolls are absolutely DELICIOUS!
Servings: 12 rolls
Ingredients
for the dough:
- 1 cup whole milk
- 4 tablespoons salted butter cut into cubes
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour divided (give or take ¼ cup depending on climate)
- 1 tablespoon rapid rise yeast
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
for the filling:
- ¼ cup softened butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- ¼ teaspoon orange extract
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup dried cranberries
for the glaze:
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 tablespoons half-and-half
Instructions
for the dough:
- Heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter is completely melted and the milk is scalded. Set aside and let cool.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine 2 cups of flour, the yeast, sugar, and salt.
- When the milk mixture is warm, not HOT, slowly add it to flour and yeast mixture with mixer running.
- Add in the egg. Replace the whisk attachment with the dough hook.
- Add the remaining flour with mixer on medium speed until the dough forms a super soft ball of dough that cleans the insides of the bowl but is still slightly sticky to the touch.
- Let mixer knead dough for 6 minutes.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface and let rest for 10 minutes.
for the filling:
- Mix all of the filling ingredients together, except for the cranberries, until they make a smooth paste.
to assemble + bake:
- Preheat the oven to 325˚F. Grease a muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.
- Roll the prepared dough out into a 12”x15” rectangle on a floured surface. Spread the orange zest filling over the entire rectangle. Sprinkle evenly with dried cranberries.
- Cut the dough with a pizza cutter into twelve equal pieces, then roll up each strip and place one roll in each muffin tin.
- The muffin tin can immediately go into the preheated oven to bake. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until dough is a light golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool slightly before frosting with glaze.
for the glaze:
- Mix all the glaze ingredients together by hand until smooth adding more half-and-half if a thinner glaze is desired. Spread over sweet rolls while still warm.
