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Lemon Sweet Rolls with Cream Cheese Filling

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These Lemon Cream Cheese Rolls are a sweet treat for breakfast! Tender dough filled with tangy lemon cream cheese filling and topped with a lemon glaze.

lemon cream cheese rolls on plate
 
 
These lemon sweet rolls are AMAZING! The dough is super easy to make yields a super buttery, soft roll. The filling is bright, tangy, and delicious. They are a perfect breakfast for spring. Or anytime, really,  because its always the right time for delicious baked goods!
 
 
 
little girl beside plate of lemon rolls
 
You can definitely tell that Ladybug is a food blogger’s kid. Lately she has been wanting me to take photos of all her meals before she eats, and she wants to be in all the photos I take as well. She’s pretty much super adorable, and I think her enthusiasm is too cute. Except that 3/4 of all the photos I take now have blurry little fingers or a flash or a face in them. Hehe.
 
baking dish with lemon sweet rolls
 
 

Lemon Sweet Rolls Recipe

These lemon sweet rolls are made for sharing – the recipe makes 2 dozen, and I don’t recommend cutting it.
 
If you can’t consume that many rolls at a time, you can freeze half unbaked (then thaw on the counter overnight and bake in the morning).
Or you can take some to work, give them to a friend who has had a bad day, or surprise your neighbors with a lovely gift.
 
Either way, these were made for sharing! For an extra special treat, you can also throw a pint of blueberries or raspberries on top of the cream cheese filling before you roll them up!
 
A little girl with plate of lemon cream cheese sweet rolls
 

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Yield: 24 Servings

Lemon Cream Cheese Rolls

lemon cream cheese rolls on plate

These Lemon Cream Cheese Rolls are a sweet treat for breakfast! Tender dough filled with tangy lemon cream cheese filling and topped with a lemon glaze.

Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

Rolls:

  • 1 package (2 1/4 tsp ) active dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup warm water
  • 2 TBSP white vinegar
  • 2 cups + 2 TBSP milk, room temperature
  • 2/3 cup cold shortening
  • 3 TBSP sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 5 cups flour
  • 2 TBSP butter, melted (for after baking)

Filling:

  • 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1 stick salted butter, melted

Glaze:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1/4 cup milk

Instructions

Rolls

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the warm water and yeast and let it sit for 10 minutes, until it was foamy.
  2. In a measuring cup add the white vinegar and then fill to the 2 cup line with milk.
  3. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
  4. Cut in the shortening until it resembles small peas.
  5. Stir the yeast mixture and the milk mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.
  6. Transfer the dough to a bowl lightly sprayed with cooking oil. Cover and let rise 2 hours or until doubled in size.
  7. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and set aside.

Filling:

  1. In a medium bowl cream the softened cream cheese until creamy.
  2. Mix in the zest, juice, sugar, and egg until well combined. Set aside.

Assembly:

  1. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and roll to a large rectangle about 1/8" thick.
  2. Spread the melted butter over the surface of the dough and dollop the cream cheese mixture on top, spreading it evenly out.
  3. Gently roll the dough up into a log and cut into equal sized rolls (about 2") Place the rolls in the pan.
  4. Cover the rolls and let them rest in the fridge overnight.

To Bake:

  1. When you are ready to bake, let the rolls come to room temperature while you preheat the oven to 400F.
  2. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly baked (do not under bake or they will be doughy in the center).
  3. Brush with 2 TBSP melted butter and them return to the oven for 1 minute.
  4. Allow to cool for a few minutes.

Glaze:

  1. In a medium bowl whisk together the ingredients for the glaze and drizzle on the top of the rolls.

Enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 302Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 273mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 1gSugar: 11gProtein: 4g

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(recipe from Willow Bird Baking)

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bewitchingkitchen.com

Wednesday 26th of March 2014

Ladybug is stealing the show! Seriously... I could not pay attention to the rolls, and those are some spectacular rolls, so that tells you Ladybug is super cute, super adorable... what a sweet smile!

Ok, I will try to go back now and read the recipe... you are not making it very easy, you know.... ;-)

shelley c.

Tuesday 25th of March 2014

a) definitely going to try that dough - those look outstanding. b) HOLY CUTENESS! Give ladybug a big ol' sqeeze from me!! <3

Julie

Tuesday 25th of March 2014

So glad you enjoyed them, Jenni! What cute photos, too :) They look great!

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