Orange Crescent Swirls Recipes

ORANGE CRESCENTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add 1/4 cup sugar, salt, eggs, sour cream, 6 tablespoons butter and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours. , Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each portion into a 12-in. circle. Brush with remaining butter. Combine orange zest and remaining sugar; sprinkle over butter. , Cut each circle into 12 wedges. Roll up wedges from the wide end. Place pointed side down 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Curve ends down to form a crescent shape. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes or until doubled. , Bake at 350° for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks. Combine glaze ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 3 minutes. Pour over warm rolls. Cool. Store in the refrigerator.

ORANGE CRESCENT SWIRLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F Spray 12 x 1/2 inch pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In small saucepan, combine brown sugar, margarine, orange peel and juice; mix well.
• Cook and stir over med heat until bubbly; set aside.
• Remove dough from each can but do NOT unroll; leave as a log/roll.
• Cut each roll into 12 slices.
• Arrange slices evenly in prepared pan.
• Spoon brown sugar mixture evenly over rolls.
• Bake at 375 for 13-15 min or until golden brown.
• Remove rolls from pan with spatula.
• Serve warm.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE SWIRLS

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir well. Add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed.
• Remove half of dough from bowl. Add orange rind and orange extract to dough in bowl, and mix well.
• Remove orange dough from mixing bowl, and set aside. Return plain dough to mixing bowl; add melted chocolate, beating well. Cover and chill both portions of dough 1 hour.
• Roll each half of dough to a 15" x 8" rectangle on floured wax paper. Place orange dough on top of chocolate dough; peel off top wax paper.
• Tightly roll dough, jellyroll fashion, starting at short side and peeling wax paper from dough while rolling. Cover and chill 1 hour.
• Slice dough into 1/4" slices; place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
• Chocolate-Cherry Swirls: Substitute 1/2 cup drained minced maraschino cherries for orange rind and orange extract. Add 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour to cherry dough if it is too soft.
• Note: To prevent flat-sided cookies, turn dough rolls halfway through the second chilling time. Dental floss makes cutting the dough easier.