Cranberry Orange Cinnamon Rolls: A Delicious Recipe!
Delicious cranberry orange cinnamon rolls with a creamy icing.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Yield: 8 rolls 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 300 g all-purpose flour
- 2½ tsp yeast
- 200 ml warm milk
- 50 g sugar
- 50 g melted butter
- 1 egg
- Filling: 50 g cranberries
- Zest of 1 orange
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- Icing: 100 g cream cheese
- 50 g powdered sugar
- Juice of ½ orange
Instructions
- Whisk yeast into warm milk. Add sugar, melted butter, egg, and all-purpose flour. Knead the mixture into a smooth dough and allow it to rise for 1 hour.
- Roll the dough into a rectangular shape, then evenly spread the filling mixture of cranberries, orange zest, sugar, and cinnamon. Roll the dough tightly into a log shape.
- Cut the rolled log into 8 equal pieces and place them into a greased baking pan.
- Let the rolls rise for 30 minutes, then bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 20 minutes until golden brown.
- Beat cream cheese with powdered sugar and orange juice until smooth. Drizzle over warm or cooled rolls before serving.
Notes
- For a sweeter roll, you can add more sugar to the filling.
- Make sure the milk is warm, not hot, to activate the yeast properly.
- These rolls are best served warm.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg