Lemon Rolls

User Reviews

5.0

162 reviews
Excellent
  • Prep Time

    1 hr 30 mins

  • Cook Time

    30 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr 50 mins

  • Servings

    24 servings

  • Course

    Dessert, Breakfast

Lemon Rolls

These delicious lemon rolls are an incredible alternative to cinnamon rolls. They are perfect for a spring breakfast or brunch, for Easter breakfast or Mother's Day breakfast. 

I Made This!

121 people made this

Save this

97 people saved this

Ingredients

Servings

Rolls

  • 1 box of lemon cake mix
  • 2 packages of rapid rise dry yeast
  • 2 1/2 cups of very warm water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5 cups flour

Filling

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • zest from one lemon
  • 1 package Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding Mix

Frosting

  • 1 package (8 ouncePHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese softened
  • 1/4 cup (1/2 sticbutter softened
  • 2 teaspoons pure lemon extract
  • 3 1/2 - 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 3-5 TBSP milk

Instructions

Rolls

  1. Mix yeast and warm water until dissolved.
  2. Combine cake mix, salt and flour in a large bowl.
  3. Add warm water/yeast mixture and vanilla to cake mix, salt and flour mixture. Mix well. This may require kneading with your hands a bit to completely combine ingredients.
  4. Cover tightly. Let rise for one hour. Punch down and let rise again for another 30-60 minutes.
  5. Divide dough in half. On a floured surface, roll one half of dough into a rectangle shape, approx 1/4? thick.
  6. Once dough is rolled out, brush with half of softened butter.
  7. Combine white sugar, lemon zest and JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding Mix in a bowl, stirring until well combined.
  8. Sprinkle half of the sugar, lemon zest and JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding mix over buttered dough.
  9. Starting at end opposite from you, roll the dough towards you until all dough is rolled into one long piece.
  10. Slice dough into 12 equal sized pieces. Place 12 rolls into a 13x9 inch pan that has been sprayed with non stick cooking oil.
  11. Repeat process with remaining dough to make the second pan of lemon rolls.
  12. Cover and let both pans rise until almost doubled in size, approximately 30 minutes. Don't worry if rolls don't completely double in size, they will continue to rise while baking.
  13. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  14. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
  15. While rolls are baking, prepare your frosting.
  16. Remove from oven and either frost immediately if you would like frosting to melt into rolls, or wait until rolls have cooled, then frost.

Frosting

  1. Beat cream cheese, softened butter and lemon extract in a bowl until light and fluffy. Mix until well combined. Add in your confectioner’s sugar, one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  2. Add in three tablespoons milk, and mix until very well combined. If you desire a thinner frosting, add additional two tablespoons of milk, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  3. Store rolls in refrigerator.
Genuine Reviews

User Reviews

Overall Rating

5.0

162 reviews
Excellent

Write a Review

Drag & drop files here or click to upload
Other Recipes

You'll Also Love

Lemon Lover’s Lemon Blueberry Sweet Rolls

American, Vegan
4.8 (75 reviews)

Sticky Lemon Rolls with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze

Global Flavors
4.5 (18 reviews)

Turkey Phyllo Rolls (Filo Rolls)

American, Canadian
5.0 (27 reviews)

Syrupy Walnut Phyllo Rolls – Baklava Rolls

Mediterranean, Greek
5.0 (9 reviews)

Lemon Sweet Rolls

American
0.0 (0 reviews)

Lemon Blueberry Sweet Rolls

American
4.7 (111 reviews)

Lemon Poppy Seed Rolls

American
4.8 (87 reviews)

Easy Lemon Rolls

American
5.0 (27 reviews)

Lemon Rolls

American
0.0 (0 reviews)

Lemon Blueberry Sweet Rolls

Global Flavors
0.0 (0 reviews)