Orange Sweet Rolls Recipe

June 17, 2019 By Ann Leave a Comment

six orange sweet rolls on a blue plate, two fresh oranges in the background

Warm, homemade sweet rolls; what could taste better? And sweet rolls aren’t just for breakfast or the holidays! Make this delicious orange sweet rolls recipe any time of year, and serve them up for breakfast, snacks, dessert, or a wonderful lunchbox treat.

Orange Sweet Rolls Recipe

I know people immediate think “homemade sweet rolls? That a lot of work!”, when they see a sweet roll recipe, and I am not going to lie, this is not a 10-minute slap-it-together-fast recipe. However, it is not a difficult recipe to make either. And once you have made these a few times you will wonder why you ever bought premade, canned sweet rolls.

two blue plates filled with orange sweet rolls on a blue striped napkin, on a wooden background. part of a fresh orange and mint spring are shown on the bottom right

Orange Sweet Rolls Recipe Notes:

• About the only “tricky” part of this recipe is making sure the milk mixture doesn’t get too hot and kill your yeast when added, and not so cold that the yeast will not activate. This is a great article all about yeast. Pay particular attention to the part about proofing yeast.

• One thing I disagree with in that article is the “wrist test”. That may have been great back before thermometers were prevalent, but these days? Use a thermometer. It is just a wee bit more accurate than your wrist.

• 5/6ths of a cup of sugar is a weird measurement. It is 1/3 of a cup of sugar for the dough, ½ a cup of sugar for the cinnamon sugar.

Orange Sweet Rolls Recipe. Warm, homemade sweet rolls; what could possibly taste better? And sweet rolls are not just for breakfast or the holidays! Make this delicious orange sweet rolls recipe any time of year, and serve them up for breakfast, snacks, dessert, or a wonderful lunchbox treat.

Orange Sweet Rolls Ingredients:

• 4½ cups Flour
• 1 TBSP Dry Yeast
• 1 cup Milk
• 1/3 cup Butter
• 5/6 cup Sugar, divided
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp Salt
• 3 TBSP Orange Zest
• 2 tsp Orange Extract
• 3½ tsp Ground Cinnamon, divided
• ½ cup Butter, softened

Orange Sweet Rolls Mise en Place:

• Stand Mixer
• Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons
• Pot
• Thermometer
• Knife
• Cutting Board
• Spatula
• Baking Sheet

Orange Sweet Rolls Directions:

• Add 1½ cups of flour and 1 tablespoon of dry yeast to a mixing bowl.
• In a sauce pan on the stove over medium heat, heat together 1 cup of milk, 1/3 cup of butter, and 1/3 cup of sugar until 110°F.

• Add liquid milk mixture to flour and yeast mixture.

• Add in 2 eggs, ½ teaspoon of salt, 3 tablespoons of orange zest, 2 teaspoons of orange extract and 1½ teaspoons of cinnamon.
• Beat with mixer on low for 30 seconds then on high for 3 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining flour.
• Knead dough by hand or in mixer until soft and elastic.

• Shape dough into a ball, cover, and let rise one hour or until double in size.
• Punch down dough.

• Coat your hands with softened butter, and use your hands to spread dough and roll out into a flat rectangle shape.
• Spread a ½ cup of softened butter over the rectangular shaped dough.
• Mix together ½ cup of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon spice to make a cinnamon sugar.
• Spread the cinnamon sugar mixture over the butter covered dough.

• Roll orange dough into a log and slice into 18-20 pieces.

• Place orange dough on a baking tray and let rise 30 minutes, or until doubled.

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Place orange dough baking tray into a preheated 375°F oven, and bake for 20-23 minutes.

• Serve warm or cold.

two blue plates filled with orange sweet rolls on a blue striped napkin, on a wooden background

Orange Sweet Rolls Recipe

Name: Orange Sweet Rolls Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Cuisine: Breakfast
Ingredients: 4½ cups Flour; 1 TBSP Dry Yeast; 1 cup Milk; 1/3 cup Butter; 5/6 cup Sugar, divided; 2 eggs; ½ tsp Salt; 3 TBSP Orange Zest; 2 tsp Orange Extract; 3½ tsp Ground Cinnamon, divided; ½ cup Butter, softened

Orange Sweet Rolls Recipe. Warm, homemade sweet rolls; what could possibly taste better? And sweet rolls are not just for breakfast or the holidays! Make this delicious orange sweet rolls recipe any time of year, and serve them up for breakfast, snacks, dessert, or a wonderful lunchbox treat.

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Additional Time 2 hours

Total Time 2 hours 50 minutes

Ingredients

4½ cups Flour
1 TBSP Dry Yeast
1 cup Milk
1/3 cup Butter
5/6 cup Sugar, divided
2 eggs
½ tsp Salt
3 TBSP Orange Zest
2 tsp Orange Extract
3½ tsp Ground Cinnamon, divided
½ cup Butter, softened

Instructions

Add 1½ cups of flour and 1 tablespoon of dry yeast to a mixing bowl.
In a sauce pan on the stove over medium heat, heat together 1 cup of milk, 1/3 cup of butter, and 1/3 cup of sugar until 110°F.
Add liquid milk mixture to flour and yeast mixture.
Add in 2 eggs, ½ teaspoon of salt, 3 tablespoons of orange zest, 2 teaspoons of orange extract and 1½ teaspoons of cinnamon.
Beat with mixer on low for 30 seconds then on high for 3 minutes.
Stir in the remaining flour.
Knead dough by hand or in mixer until soft and elastic.
Shape dough into a ball, cover, and let rise one hour or until double in size.
Punch down dough.
Coat your hands with softened butter, and use your hands to spread dough and roll out into a flat rectangle shape.
Spread ½ cup of softened butter over the rectangular shaped dough.
Mix together ½ cup of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon spice to make a cinnamon sugar.
Spread the cinnamon sugar mixture over the butter covered dough.
Roll orange dough into a log and slice into 18-20 pieces.
Place orange dough on a baking tray and let rise 30 minutes, or until doubled.
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Place orange dough baking tray into a preheated 375°F oven, and bake for 20-23 minutes.
Serve warm or cold.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 244 Total Fat: 10g Saturated Fat: 6g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 44mg Sodium: 148mg Carbohydrates: 35g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 9g Protein: 5g

If you like fresh breads and rolls, you may enjoy these homemade roll recipes and homemade bread recipes:

• Homemade Yeast Rolls Recipe – From scratch homemade rolls are warm, soft, delicious, and they smell fantastic too! Nothing tastes better than fresh homemade rolls. Make your own rolls with this easy (really!) Homemade Yeast Rolls Recipe.

• Homemade White Bread Recipe – There is nothing that tastes as good as fresh, warm, homemade bread. Nothing. It is simpler than you think to make homemade white bread. This soft and delicious homemade white bread recipe is great for sandwiches, toast, stuffing or to eat alone.

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Keto Sugar Free Jam Recipe

May 13, 2019 By Ann 1 Comment

This delicious, easy to make, sugar-free jam recipe is keto friendly. If you are craving a little sweet on your almond flour toast or keto pancakes, this keto-friendly, low-carb strawberry jam is the recipe you need to make!

Keto Sugar Free Jam Recipe

This jam is keto-friendly if you have one serving. People spazz when they think about eating fruit on a keto diet (including Hubby who has been doing keto for the better part of two years now), but as long as you do not go crazy eating this sugar-free keto jam and count your other carbs faithfully for the day, you should be good. IOW a serving of this jam will not knock you out of ketosis by itself, but there are no guarantees if you are eating other carb-heavy foods with it.

So, how bad are strawberries for you on keto?

Strawberry, 5.68 (net carbs per 100mg) which is approximately a ¾ cup of whole strawberries servings. Link to article

A quarter-cup of strawberry halves contain a little more than two grams of net carbs—or about 10 percent of your daily limit if you are aiming for 20 grams of net carbs a day. Link to article

Keto Sugar-Free Jam Notes:

• You could also make this with raspberries, blackberries, or cherries and still be within keto-friendly territory (they are all actually more keto-friendly fruits than strawberries).

• This is also diabetic friendly. If you swapped the fruit to cherries, it would be even lower on the glycemic index.

• Some of the sugar substitutes out today do not agree with everyone’s digestive system. There are a lot of these substitutes even my cast-iron stomach cannot handle. Believe me, no one was more surprised than I was the first time I had gastric distress when Hubby made panna cotta using xylitol. When I say I have a cast-iron stomach, I’m not kidding; I can eat nearly anything. But, that sugar-substitute was not for me. Make sure erythritol (which is very similar to xylitol) is ok for your digestive system.

• None of this is meant as medical advice. I am not a doctor, and I do not play one on the internet. Please consult a physician if you have any questions concerning your diet or this recipe, so your doctor can better explain to you the benefits, possible side effects, and any warnings about a keto diet, and this recipe.

Keto Sugar Free Jam Ingredients:

• 2.2 lbs Fresh Strawberries, cored and quartered
• 1 cup Water
• 1 Package No Sugar Needed Pectin
• 1 cup Erythritol

Keto Sugar Free Jam Mise en Place:

• Knife
• Cutting Board
• Potato Masher
• Water Bath Canner
• Measuring Cup
• Spoon
• 5 Half Pint Jars
• 5 Pint Jar Lids and Rings
• Jar Funnel
• Ladel

Keto Sugar Free Jam Directions:

1. Fill a water bath canner halfway full of water, and place it on the stove on high to start to boil. It will take quite some time to come to a boil, so it is best to get it started while you prep.

2. Core and quarter the strawberries. You want 2.2 lbs of strawberries after they have been cored and quartered.
3. Place the strawberries in a large pot over medium-high heat, and add in 1 cup of water.

4. When the strawberries have become soft, use a potato masher to mash them into smaller pieces.

5. Once the strawberries have come to a boil, stir in 1 cup of Erythritol.
6. Carefully strain any foam off the top of the strawberries.

7. When the strawberries have come to a rolling boil, stir in the no sugar needed pectin, and continue to stir, cooking at a rolling boil for a full minute.

8. Turn off the heat to the burner, and fill up 5 – ½ pint sterilized canning jars with the strawberries jam mixture. Leave a ½ inch of headspace at the top of each jar. You can use 4 oz. jelly jars or full pint jars, as well as any combination of the three that you like.
9. Wipe the rims of the jars clean with a damp towel.

10. Place the lids and rings on the jar, and add the jars to the water bath canner.
11. Lower the jars into the boiling water in the canner, and process for 10 minutes.

12. Remove the jars, and set them on a counter to cool. You will know they are properly sealed when the little raised button in the center of the lid has popped down. If the buttons do not pop down, you can press on them firmly. If the buttons stay down, the jar is properly sealed. If the jar does not seal, you can process for an additional 5 minutes, or use that particular jar first. It will store in the fridge for several weeks.

Yield: 2 1/2 pints

Keto Sugar Free Jam Recipe

Keto Sugar Free Jam Recipe. This delicious, easy to make, sugar free jam recipe is keto friendly. If you are craving a little sweet on your almond flour toast or keto pancakes, this keto-friendly, low-carb strawberry jam is the recipe you need to make!

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Additional Time 30 minutes

Total Time 2 hours

Ingredients

2.2 lbs Fresh Strawberries, cored and quartered
1 cup Water
1 Package No Sugar Needed Pectin
1 cup Erythritol

Instructions

Fill a water bath canner halfway full of water, and place it on the stove on high to start to boil. It will take quite some time to come to a boil, so it is best to get it started while you prep.
Core and quarter the strawberries. You want 2.2 lbs of strawberries after they have been cored and quartered.
Place the strawberries in a large pot over medium-high heat, and add in 1 cup of water.
When the strawberries have become soft, use a potato masher to mash them into smaller pieces.
Once the strawberries have come to a boil, stir in 1 cup of Erythritol.
Carefully strain any foam off the top of the strawberries.
When the strawberries have come to a rolling boil, stir in the no sugar needed pectin, and continue to stir, cooking at a rolling boil for a full minute.
Turn off the heat to the burner, and fill up 5 - ½ pint sterilized canning jars with the strawberries jam mixture. Leave a ½ inch of headspace at the top of each jar. You can use 4 oz. jelly jars or full pint jars, as well as any combination of the three that you like.
Wipe the rims of the jars clean with a damp towel.
Place the lids and rings on the jar, and add the jars to the water bath canner.
Lower the jars into the boiling water in the canner, and process for 10 minutes.
Remove the jars, and set them on a counter to cool. You will know they are properly sealed when the little raised button in the center of the lid has popped down. If the buttons do not pop down, you can press on them firmly. If the buttons stay down, the jar is properly sealed. If the jar does not seal, you can process for an additional 5 minutes, or use that particular jar first. It will store in the fridge for several weeks.