Confession! Am I allowed to say that I like orange cinnamon rolls more than regular cinnamon rolls? It’s that added citrus flavor in the dough and filling BUT… most importantly… the sweeeeeeet orange icing. Makes my knees weak every time. OH! And if you think cinnamon rolls smell divine as they bake, wait until you experience these easy orange sweet rolls baking. Your stomach will growl so loud you won’t hear the oven timer going off. So yeah. Orange sweet rolls are king. And even if the only orange rolls you’ve ever had are the pillsbury kind that come in a can, that’s fine too. Because those things are redonkulous. Yes, I just said redonkulous! But homemade is tastier. And I’m begging you to try these soon! I already have a recipe for homemade orange sweet rolls on my blog. Maybe some of you have tried them before? Today’s version is a little different, though you’re still experiencing that mesmerizing combination of cinnamon and sweet orange. The older dough recipe is a little more complicated, but perfect if you want to start the rolls the night before. Today’s dough recipe, producing orange sweet rolls that are just as soft and fluffy, is quicker. And easier, too!
1 Rise Cinnamon Roll Dough
What if I told you that you can whip up this dough quicker than your oven preheats? I’m being serious. There’s no endless mixing or several minutes of kneading. And the rise time is cut in half so you can have breakfast sooner. Because I know you’re hungry and craving cinnamon rolls. Aren’t we all? This dough recipe is just like my easy cinnamon rolls. There’s only 1 rise with this easy cinnamon roll dough. All you do is make the dough by hand or in a mixer, knead it for only 1 minute, roll it out, fill it, roll it up, cut, and allow the cut rolls to rise for about an hour. Ok that sounds like a lot of work, but you can do it in a snap. ( ↑ This dough feels like butter. And smells like an orange tree.) Using a quality yeast and this carefully formulated dough will help you achieve maximum delicious cinnamon roll status. That’s a real term, you know. And by quality, I mean the one and only Platinum Yeast from Red Star. It makes working with yeast (even for the first time) super simple and approachable. You know I’m a huge fan of Red Star Yeast and use this yeast exclusively in my kitchen. Always have, always will. Fangirl for life. ♥ ♥ If you need a refresher on working with yeast, review my Baking with Yeast Guide before getting started. Now roll out and fill: To really amp up that orange flavor, I add orange zest to the filling. So the filling is this wonderful and buttery orange-scented cinnamon sugar mixture. Plus the dough has juice AND zest in it. And the glaze has juice! How much sweet orange is too much sweet orange? The limit does not exist. Cut the rolls. You’ll get about 10-12 rolls: Let them rise. Look how puffy! There’s no more room for these little rolls to expand. That’s when you know they’ll be extra fluffy. Ice them when they’re warm so it melts into every crack and crevice. And go heavy on that icing. Do you even need an actual reason for extra orange icing in your life?
More Cinnamon Roll Varieties:
Cinnamon Rolls Apple Cinnamon Rolls Blueberry Sweet Rolls with Lemon Glaze Raspberry Sweet Rolls (my favorite!!) Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls Overnight Cinnamon Rolls Maple Pecan Sticky Buns Lemon Sweet Rolls Birthday Cake Cinnamon Rolls
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