grandma's orange rolls with orange cream cheese frosting

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• rolls:
• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (105 - 115 degrees f; 40 - 45 degrees c)
• 3/4 cup warm orange juice (105 - 115 degrees f; 40 - 45 degrees c)
• 1/4 cup warm milk (105 - 115 degrees f; 40 - 45 degrees c) warm milk (105 - 115 degrees f; 40 - 45 degrees c)
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed
• filling:
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons orange zest
• frosting:
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 teaspoons orange zest

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 2 hrs 35 mins


• dissolve yeast in warm water and warm orange juice in a bowl. let stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
• beat warm milk, shortening, 1/4 cup white sugar, egg, and salt together in a separate bowl. stir yeast mixture into milk mixture. add enough flour to mixture to create a soft dough. turn dough a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6 to 8 minutes.
• grease a large bowl and two 11x7x2-inch baking sheets.
• place dough in the greased bowl and turn dough to coat all sides. cover bowl with plastic wrap or a clean towel and let rise in a warm place until dough is doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• punch dough down and divide in half. roll each half on a lightly floured surface creating 2 15x10-inch rectangles.
• mix 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup softened butter, and 2 tablespoons orange zest in a bowl until smooth; spread half the filling each dough rectangle. roll each rectangle around the filling, jelly roll-style, starting with the long end creating a log. cut each log into 15 rolls.
• arrange rolls on the prepared baking sheets. cover baking sheets with plastic wrap and let rolls rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). remove plastic wrap from baking sheets.
• bake rolls in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.
• beat confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, 3 tablespoons softened butter, orange juice, and 2 teaspoons orange zest in a bowl until frosting is smooth. spread frosting on the warm rolls.