Sweet Orange Rolls
As I sit here trying to figure out what to write, the door bell rang.
This is odd for a few reasons: {1} We have no friends and therefore no one ever comes to our house {2} We go through the garage and have no need to ring the bell {3} It’s 8pm at night {4} We have no friends.
Can you guess who it was?
No, not the milk man.
No, not my neighbor, Carlos.
{I really do have a neighbor named Carlos.}
It was UPS!! And he came bearing gifts 
Obvs…I can’t spill all the beans on what exactly I got, but it was 3 big boxes full of baby related stuff! YESH. I heart baby things. Except for when I have a baby in my belly and not my arms. My little guy is still cooking–as he should be, but now I’m getting impatient. Come April though, things will be full speed ahead and before I know it I’ll wish he was still inside me so I could sleep longer than 3 hours at a time.
Also happening in April: My ecookbook!! It will be finished and beautiful and ready for all you lovely people to virtually thumb through! The lovely Heidi is helping me get it together. She is the stuff. Forreals. So glad I’m doing this with her I spent 6 hours yesterday cooking and photographing. I really didn’t get that many recipes completed because I have a 4 year old, but I managed to fit these little dudes in and I’m so glad I did! These are small little orange rolls that will make everything right in the world.
Yes you have to wait for the dough to rise and yes you have to fill them and then wait again, but after all of that, I promise it’s worth it!
Chewy, sweet and warm orange rolls! Makes for a great breakfast, snack or dessert!
Here’s the printable. Have a great day, friends!
Sweet Orange Rolls
Sweet, light, chewy, fluffy and simple to make! These will hit the spot any day of the week.
Yield: 24 small rolls
Ingredients:
for the dough-
1 cup warm milk
1 envelope quick rise yeast {2 1/4 teaspoons}
1/4 cup melted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3-3 3/4 cups all purpose flour
for the filling-
1/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons orange zest
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
for the icing-
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons orange juice
Directions:
For the dough: In a large bowl, stir warm milk together with yeast and half the sugar. Stand 5 minutes to let yeast proof. Stir in melted butter, egg, remaining sugar, salt, and half the flour. Stir until incorporated, then add remaining flour by 1/4 cup until dough comes together. Knead 3 minutes or until dough is smooth and feels sticky but won't stick to your hands. Place dough into buttered bowl and flip to coat dough completely in grease. Cover bowl and rise 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Spray a 9x13 pan and a pie plate with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. Punch dough down and roll into 2 foot by 1 foot rectangle on a floured board. Spread melted butter over entire rectangle. Stir orange zest and cinnamon into sugar and stir to combine. Sprinkle sugar over butter, spreading evenly where necessary. Roll dough longwise and cut off uneven ends. Cut into 24 1-inch rolls, approximately. Place into prepared pans. Cover and let rise another hour.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Bake rolls 12-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. While rolls are cooking, stir powdered sugar and orange juice together until smooth to create icing. Once rolls come out of the oven immediately drizzle with icing. Cool 10 minutes and serve.
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Mmmm orange rolls are my weakness. I made a bread machine version of these a couple of weeks ago and had my hubby mad at me for baking something so sweet and tempting while he’s trying to lose weight.
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I love surprise visits from the UP’s-man. These rolls look fun, especially with a cuppah tea!
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Oh I could eat these for every meal of the day!
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Yay! Can’t wait to see your ecookbook!
Oh, and these look amazing! 
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I love orange rolls! I grew up having them on Christmas morning. Such a yummy treat.
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These sweet orange rolls are lovely. I could totally go for one of these with a cup of tea this morning.
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I need to get on this recipe asap! Yum!
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Lauren, I would LOVE to have one of these orange rolls! I’ve been seeing this kind of sweet roll recipe more and more, and I just need to break down and make these things!!! I am salivating over the pictures now.
I also love when my packages come hand delivered!! I have one coming, although I’m sure facial moisterizer isn’t nearly as exciting or fun as what your boxed were filled with!
Blessings,
Leslie
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Can’t wait to see your ecookbook! Love these little orange rolls, wishing I had some to eat right now!
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Hi Lauren!
These sweet orange rolls look great! and wow! can’t wait for the ecookbook! congrats! I love heidi from Foodie Crush! very cool!
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yayyayyay YAY!! So excited for you!!!!
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So excited for your e-cookbook
I would like to help you celebrate with some of these rolls 
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Gorgeous Lauren!! Love these!
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I am so happy you are doing an E-book, so cool! I love the orange in these, so soft and sweet.
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Love the orange flavor of these – can’t wait to try them! That’s great news about your e-cookbook!
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Pilsbury sweet rolls were me absolute favorite growing up!
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i’ve always wanted to make my own orange rolls, i can’t wait to try these!
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Sooo gonna have to make these! YUM!
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