Orange and Cinnamon Rolls

My Nana made these rolls and we adjusted the recipe to fit the way we make bread rolls nowadays. They are very soft and just the right amount of sweet. We hope you enjoy them. We made them for our New Year’s Party bringing a little bit of our past to help us move onto the future.

Orange or Cinnamon Nana’s Bread Rolls

*1/2 cup cooked and Mashed Potatoes, use a ricer to make smooth
*1 cup Potato Water, warm
*2 1/4 teaspoons Instant Yeast
*2 tablespoons Sugar
*1 cup warm milk, scald milk if desired and cool
*2 tablespoons Butter or Shortening, melted
*1 1/2 teaspoons Sea Salt
*4 cups Flour, adjust as needed
*1 Egg, room temperature, beaten

In a small bowl add warm potato water with yeast and a pinch of sugar, let sit until bubbly/foamy.

In an stand mixer using the dough hook; Add milk, melted butter, or shortening, potatoes, salt, egg and mix on medium speed until combined. Add 1 cup of the flour, mix and add the yeast mixture. Then Add and mix/knead in the remaining flour, slowly, (adjusting flour as needed) until smooth soft texture. (6-8 minutes)

Remove mixing bowl and cover with a damp white flour sack towel, and let rise until double in bulk.

Divide the dough into two balls if making Orange and Cinnamon rolls and roll out making oval shape about 1/4-1/2 inch thick. Spread and sprinkle on the below filling. After filling is applied roll into a long log shape and cut into 1 inch rolls. (We like to use dental floss to cut the individual rolls.). Place individual rolls on Silpat covered half baking sheet about 1 1/2 inches apart.

Bake in a pre-heated oven 400*F. for 12-15 minutes

Cinnamon or Orange Filling (Half the recipe if making 1/2 cinnamon and 1/2 Orange rolls.)

*2-4 tablespoons softened Butter or Shortening, spread thin layer over rolled out roll dough
*1/2 cup granulated Sugar, sprinkled over butter or shortening spread
*2 teaspoons orange zest, mix in with sugar, Orange Rolls Only!
*1 tablespoon Cinnamon, mix with sugar or sprinkle over sugar as much as desired, for Cinnamon Rolls Only!

Glaze /Frosting

In Bowl Mix:

*1 Cup Powdered Sugar
*2-3 tablespoons Milk or Water add more or less as needed
*1 teaspoon Vanilla
*pinch of Salt
**Add 1 teaspoon orange zest if making orange rolls

Mix the above ingredients until slightly runny and drizzle over Cinnamon Sweet Rolls. If you really like a lot of frosting then double Glaze/Frosting recipe.

See our Cinnamon Sweet Rolls recipe if you want to see some picture instructions.

We used these rolls for our New Year Party, see the links below.