Recipes

Orange Roll Recipe

This is the best orange roll recipe I have ever made! It is from an old cook book and I have been making them for 30 years.

They are perfect for any holidays! 

Ingredients

1 pkg dry yeast
¼ c. lukewarm water

1 1/2 cubes butter melted
2 tsp. salt
½ c. sugar
1 ½ cups warm water
5 cups flour
2 eggs

Directions

First you need to dissolve yeast in 1/4 C lukewarm water. Not boiling hot water because it will kill the yeast. The yeast will start to bubble.

In a mixing bowl, Pour 1 1/2 cups very warm water over butter, salt and sugar; cool to lukewarm

Add bubbling yeast and 2 ½ cups flour and mix well. Add beaten eggs and remaining flour. .

The dough will be very sticky.

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Cover bowl with a towel and let rise about 1 hour.

Then punch dough down into bowl and let rest for about 10 min. At this point you can put the bowl in refrigerator over night.

If you do not refrigerate the dough you can skip to the roll and bake section.

Roll rise and bake

If you refrigerated your dough, TWO and HALF HOURS before baking, take out the dough and let come to room temperature. Take out half of the dough and roll the sticky dough into some flour until it is not sticky. Now the dough will be ready to be rolled out.

Cut dough in half, roll out the dough into a rectangle shape. Brush with 1/3 cup melted butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla and one zested orange.

Roll dough up jelly roll style and cut 1/2″ slices and place in cup cake tins spayed with Pam or your favorite cooking spray.

Simply place a dish towel over the top and let rise for one hour.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.

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Here is the yummy Orange Roll Recipe

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Refrigerator rolls AKA orange rolls

Amazing orange flavored fluffy rolls
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword orange rolls
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 36 rolls
Calories 160kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg dry yeast
  • ¼ c. lukewarm water
  • 1 1/2 cubes butter melted
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • ½ c. sugar
  • 1 ½ cups warm water
  • 5 cups flour
  • 2 eggs

Instructions

  • Dissolve yeast in warm water. Not boiling hot water.
  • Pour warm water over butter, salt and sugar; cool to lukewarm
  • Add bubbling yeast,
  • Add 2 ½ cups flour and mix well.
  • Add beaten eggs and remaining flour. Beat well and cover with a dish towel and let rise to twice the size.
  • Dough will be sticky. Cover bowl with a towel and let rise about 1 hour. Then punch dough down into bowl and let rest for about 10 min.
  • If making this the night before, cover with towel or Saran Wrap and place in fridge. If not proceed to rolling out dough and brushing dough with orange butter (see below) and then form rolls.
  • Let the rolls rise another 45 min to 1 hour.
  • If you refrigerated your dough….TWO and HALF HOURS before baking, roll out dough, brush with orange butter (see below)  and form into rolls, put on lightly greased pans, cover with dish towels and let rise until doubled in bulk.
  • Bake 400 15 to 20 minutes. Makes 3 to 4 dozen rolls
  • Orange Roll Butter
  • 1 recipes of refrigerator rolls
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • Grated orange rind of one orange
  • Melt butter, add sugar and rind. Mix well. Roll out half of dough at a time. Roll into rectangle spread with orange butter mixture. Roll up jelly roll style and slice into 1” thick slices. Place in well greased muffin tins (kind of push up center of roll from underneath as you place in muffin tin). Let rise hour or two depending on how hot kitchen is. Bake 400 15 to 20 min.
  • Crescent rolls
  • Divide dough into 3 sections. Roll into circle, cut into quarters, then cut into 3 triangles. Roll like a crescent start with wide end first. Dip whole roll into melted butter. Let rise until doubled in size. Bake in 350 oven for 10 min.
Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!

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  • What a great recipe. I will definitely have to add it to my collection!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and sharing your sweet words of hope. Come back any time. I am normally in a much better mood!

    Iw ill be back often and I LOVED your fall decorations!!!!

  • Oh...ah, YUM is the word that comes to mind right now!

    Happy October 1!

    xo

    Melissa

  • I am sure he won't mind as long as you make a batch for him too. :) It would be worth him to pay you to bake. LOL

  • Oh my!
    My mouth is watering & now I want to make these orange rolls right away.
    Will have to ask my boss if he minds if I leave now to go home & bake! LOL
    Nothing like working for an hour & asking to leave to bake.

    Thanks for posting the recipe!

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