How To Make Lemon Sweet Rolls
Let the smell of warm lemon sweet rolls fill your kitchen by whipping up this easy recipe! It’s filled with lemon-vanilla bean filling for a tangy treat.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Rolls:
- 2¾cupsall purpose flour,spooned and leveled
- 3tbspgranulated sugar
- 1tspsalt
- 2¼tspred star platinum yeast,(1 package), or any instant yeast
- ½cupwater
- ¼cupwhole milk
- 2½tbspunsalted butter
- 1large egg
For Filling:
- ¼cupunsalted butter,softened to room temperature
- ¾cupgranulated sugar
- 2medium lemons,zested
- ½vanilla bean,scraped seeds, or ½ tsp vanilla extract
For Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4ozcream cheese,softened to room temperature
- 1cupconfectioner’s sugar
- 2medium lemon,juiced
- lemon zest,extra, for garnish, optional
Instructions
Dough:
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Set aside ½ cup of flour. In a large bowl, toss the 2¼ cups of flour, sugar, salt, and yeast together until evenly dispersed. Set aside.
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Heat the water, milk, and butter together in the microwave to about about 115 degrees F until the butter is melted and the mixture is hot to touch.
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Stir the butter mixture into the flour mixture. Add the egg and only enough of the reserved flour to make a soft dough.
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On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for about 3 to 4 minutes. Place in a lightly greased bowl and let rest for about 10 minutes.
Filling:
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In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla. Stir it around until the mixture becomes sandy.
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After the dough has sat for 10 minutes, roll it out into a 14×8-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Spread the softened butter on top.
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Sprinkle the lemon-sugar filling all over. Roll up the dough tightly. Cut into 11 to 12 even pieces and place in a lightly greased 9-inch round pan.
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Sprinkle the uncooked rolls with additional lemon zest at this point, if desired.
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Loosely cover the rolls with aluminum foil and allow to rise in a warm, draft-free place for 60 to 90 minutes.
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Turn the oven off. Place the rolls inside oven and allow to rise.
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After the rolls have doubled in size, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
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Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until lightly browned.
Frosting:
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Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium speed until smooth.
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Add the confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice and beat on medium-high until creamy.
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Frost the warm rolls and sprinkle with additional lemon zest. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 336.85kcal
- Fat: 11.38g
- Saturated Fat: 6.61g
- Trans Fat: 0.28g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.93g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.65g
- Carbohydrates: 54.83g
- Fiber: 1.65g
- Sugar: 28.95g
- Protein: 5.22g
- Cholesterol: 46.83mg
- Sodium: 261.10mg
- Calcium: 32.10mg
- Potassium: 101.13mg
- Iron: 1.73mg
- Vitamin A: 105.13µg
- Vitamin C: 11.18mg
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