Lemon Rolls With Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

LEMON ROLLS WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Rolls
• Mix yeast and warm water until dissolved.
• Combine cake mix, salt and flour in a large bowl.
• Add yeast mixture and vanilla to cake mixture. Mix well. This may require kneading with your hands a bit to completely combine ingredients.
• Cover tightly with plastic. 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, approximately 1/4" thick.
• Once dough is rolled out, brush with half of softened butter.
• Combine white sugar, lemon zest and pudding mix in a bowl stirring until well combined.
• Sprinkle half of the sugar mixture 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 nonstick cooking spray.
• Repeat process with remaining dough to make the second pan of lemon rolls.
• Cover with plastic 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°F.
• Bake at 350°F 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.
• Store rolls in refrigerator.

TENDER LEMON ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast, lemon zest and salt. In a small saucepan, heat sour cream, butter and water to 120°-130°; add to dry ingredients. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Add eggs and 1/2 cup flour; beat 2 minutes longer. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down; turn onto a floured surface. Roll into an 18x12-in. rectangle. Spread lemon curd to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seams to seal. Cut into 12 slices., Place rolls, cut side down, in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Preheat oven to 350°. Brush rolls with beaten egg and sprinkle with walnuts if desired. Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. In a small bowl, combine icing ingredients; drizzle over warm rolls.

LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese, butter, lemon juice, lemon rind, and vanilla together until smooth and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar in 2 additions. Beat until creamy. Add more icing sugar or juice as needed for easy spreading. Makes about 3 2/3 cups.

LEMON SWEET ROLLS WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Make the dough: Combine the yeast, buttermilk and 1 tablespoon sugar and let sit until foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Add the butter, remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, lemon zest, salt and cardamom to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on low to combine. Add the eggs and buttermilk mixture, and stir until combined.
• With the mixer on low speed, slowly add 4 cups/510 grams of the flour and stir until all of the flour is moistened. Switch to the dough hook, and mix for 5 more minutes. The dough will be soft and billowy, and it will stick to the bottom of the bowl. Add more flour if the dough seems very, very soft.
• Transfer the dough to a fresh, lightly oiled bowl. Turn the dough to coat it with oil, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Alternately, refrigerate the dough before rising for up to 24 hours and proceed with the recipe as written. The rolls may need a slightly longer second rise.
• Make the filling: Combine the sugar, lemon zest, cardamom and a pinch of salt. Use your fingers to rub the lemon zest into the sugar.
• Assemble the rolls: Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with parchment paper and butter the pan and paper. Gently deflate the dough by folding it over itself a few times in the bowl. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and pat or roll it into a rectangle about 12-by-16-inches and 1/4-inch thick. Gently spread the soft butter over the dough, and sprinkle the sugar mixture evenly over the top. Roll the dough into a tight log and use a serrated knife or length of floss to cut the log into 12 even pieces.
• Place the rolls into the prepared pan, cover, and let rise again until doubled in size, about 1 hour. You can also refrigerate the rolls before the second rise for up to 24 hours, if you'd like to bake them later. Let the rolls rise at room temperature until doubled in size before baking.
• Finish the rolls: Heat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the rolls are golden and cooked through. While the rolls are baking, make the icing: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the softened cream cheese, powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth. The icing should be quite thick, but spreadable. Add a little more lemon juice if necessary.
• Let the rolls cool for about 5 minutes, then spread the icing over the top. Enjoy warm.

LEMON BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in lemon zest., Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until center is set and edges are golden brown. Cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and zest. Frost top and cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.

LEMON SWEET ROLLS

Steps:

• Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with unsalted butter. Set aside.
• For the dough: Combine the milk, butter and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in a small saucepan and heat until the butter melts and the mixture's between 105 degrees F and 115 degrees F on an instant read thermometer. Whisk in the yeast and let stand until the top is foamy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Whisk in the eggs and remaining sugar and set aside. Combine the flour and kosher salt in the bowl of a heavy stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Mix on low speed until combined, about 1 minute. Turn the mixer to medium speed and add the yeast mixture. Continue to mix until the dough comes together in a ball and is smooth and no longer sticky, about 13 minutes.
• Coat a large bowl with cooking spray. Transfer the dough to the bowl and cover with a kitchen towel. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Punch the dough down and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. Roll the dough out to a 20-by-12-inch rectangle with the longer side parallel to you.
• For the filling: Combine the lemon zest and juice in a medium bowl. Add the granulated sugar. Use your hands to rub the zest into the sugar and lemon juice.
• Spread the softened stick of butter evenly over the dough. Sprinkle the lemon-sugar mixture evenly over the butter.
• Starting at the bottom, tightly roll the dough up into a long log. Cut the log into 15 (about 1-1/2 inches-wide) crosswise pieces with a serrated knife or dental floss. Arrange the rolls cut-side-up in the prepared baking dish. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• About 30 minutes before the second rising time is done, adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Once ready, uncover the rolls and bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While the rolls bake, make the frosting: Beat the butter and cream cheese with the paddle attachment in the bowl of a stand mixer until fluffy and smooth. Add the lemon juice and vanilla. Sift the powdered sugar into the bowl, add the salt and beat until combined. Add the poppy seeds, and beat until smooth, about 10 seconds. While the rolls are still warm, spread the tops with the frosting. Serve warm (see Cook's Note).

CINNAMON ROLLS WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE ICING PUC

Steps:

• 1. Add Yeast to Warm Milk, Stir and wait 5 minutes.In a mixer with a dough hook, add eggs , vanilla extract, almond extract, melted margarine, sugar and salt. Let mix for 2 minutes then add bread flour. Mix for 3 to 5 miutes or until dough ball is well mixed and smooth. Remove ball form mixer and place in a lightly greased (spray) bowl or bucket and allow to double in size.
• 2. Mix dark and light brown sugar with the cinnamon.
• 3. After the dough has doubled in size place on a lightly floured surface and roll out with a rolling pin to around a 16 x21 inch rectangle. Spread 1/3 cup of softened butter over the entire dough leaving leaving a 2 inch ribbon on the top side.
• 4. Spread the Cinnamon and Sugar mixture on the dough covering the butter completely, leaving the the 2 inch ribbon clean and ready for the egg wash.
• 5. Egg wash the ribbon and start rolling the dough tightly from the bottom to the top of the dough to the eggwashed ribbon. When you reach the top, stretch the dough to seal the roll. Take a sharp knife and cut the dough, 1 to 1.5 inches, place dough on a greased sheet panand cover with a lightly greased (spray) plastic wrap. Let proof until the dough more than doubles in size.
• 6. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and let bake until light golden brown.
• 7. Use a mixer - add cream cheese, softened butter, lemon extract, vanilla extract, salt and confectioners sugar until well whipped and spread on the warm cinnamon rolls and enjoy!