Glazed Cranberry Orange Breakfast Rolls

This is a good recipe to make for breakfast on Thanksgiving or Christmas.        Here are the ingredients for the dough:

Dough
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons rapid rise yeast
pinch salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted (1 stick)
1/2 cup buttermilk
the zest of 1 orange
                                                   2 large eggs                                                                
Pour the buttermilk into your mixer bowl.  Add the eggs, sugar, yeast and butter.

Add the orange zest.  Add the flour and knead until you have a smooth dough.  Place it in a buttered bowl, cover and let rise until doubled.

After it has risen, roll it out on a floured surface to about 1/4 inch thickness.  Spread cranberry sauce over the dough.  I forgot to take a pic of this step.  I used my homemade sauce.

Roll the dough into a log.  Slice them about 1 inch thick.

Place them in a buttered bowl, cover and let rise again.

Bake them at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes or until they are browning on the top.

Make the glaze:

Orange Glaze
1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
about 3 tablespoons milk
3 teaspoons orange zest

Pour the glaze over the warm rolls.

Let them sit for a few minutes so the glaze can sink in.

Comments

Nellie said…
Oh, yum! Saving this one!
Leanna said…
Oh My!!! I have to try this one. I love orange glazed rolls.
Anonymous said…
Perhaps not as breakfast but I can see myself with that and a big pot of tea around lunch time :-)

Have a great day!
Christer.
Guillaume said…
Time for cranberries! I will make cranberry sauce this weekend to go with the Sunday roast.
greekwitch said…
Oh wow! That must be amazing!
OMFG, this looks good. I think I'll try to make a batch. I'm not terrific with yeast and kneading, but for this, I'll give it a whirl.
Anonymous said…
these look wonderful!
chickpea678 said…
Yum! Can you come up our house and make these for our breakfast, please?
JMD said…
You are killing me! I already made an apple pie, banana cream pie and have chocolate fudge cookies in the oven. Sigh, I may make these also. :-D
Barb said…
Oh my gosh, they look wonderful!
TARYTERRE said…
I can literally smell and taste those cranberries and that orange glaze.
brokenteepee said…
They look amazing. And decadent. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving
Susan said…
I would love to lie in a vat of these - honestly, if I lived at your house I would eat myself silly!