Lemon Rolls
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Lemon Rolls
Description
Lemon Rolls use a distinctive dough that incorporates boxed lemon cake mix and yeast, providing a lightly sweet and soft bread base. The dough is kneaded and left to rise twice, ensuring a good airy structure. It is then rolled out and spread with softened butter, followed by a filling that blends white sugar, fresh lemon zest, and lemon-flavored instant pudding mix. Rolling the dough into a log and slicing it creates individual rolls. Once baked in a pan, these rolls are topped with a cream cheese frosting that combines softened cream cheese, butter, lemon extract, powdered sugar, and milk to create a smooth and tangy topping.
The final result is a set of soft, moist rolls with a balanced lemon flavor in both the filling and the frosting. Their tender crumb and citrus highlights make them enjoyable as a breakfast pastry or sweet snack. The frosting adds a creamy texture that complements the lightly sweet dough and lemon filling.
Ingredients
Rolls
- 1 lemon cake mix box
- 2 dry yeast rapid rise, packages
- 2 1/2 cups water very warm
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp salt
- 5 cups flour
Filling
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- lemon zest from one lemon
- 1 Instant pudding mix lemon flavor, package
Frosting
- 1 cream cheese softened, PHILADELPHIA brand, 8 ounce package
- 1/4 cup butter softened, 1/2 stick
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract pure
- 3 1/2 - 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 3-5 TBSP milk
Instructions
Rolls
- Mix yeast and warm water until dissolved.
- Combine cake mix, salt and flour in a large bowl.
- 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.
- Cover tightly. Let rise for one hour. Punch down and let rise again for another 30-60 minutes.
- Divide dough in half. On a floured surface, roll one half of dough into a rectangle shape, approx 1/4? thick.
- Once dough is rolled out, brush with half of softened butter.
- Combine white sugar, lemon zest and JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding Mix in a bowl, stirring until well combined.
- Sprinkle half of the sugar, lemon zest and JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding mix over buttered dough.
- Starting at end opposite from you, roll the dough towards you until all dough is rolled into one long piece.
- Slice dough into 12 equal sized pieces. Place 12 rolls into a 13x9 inch pan that has been sprayed with non stick cooking oil.
- Repeat process with remaining dough to make the second pan of lemon rolls.
- 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.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
- While rolls are baking, prepare your frosting.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Store rolls in refrigerator.
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Overall Rating
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