Orange Rolls

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces fresh yeast cakes
• 1 1/3 cups warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening, melted
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon grated orange peel

Recipe

• 1 for dough:.
• 2 crumble yeast into large bowl, stir in water and sugar.
• 3 let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.
• 4 stir shortening,egg and salt into yeast mixture.
• 5 add flour 1/4 cup at a time, stirring until mixture is smooth.
• 6 grease bowl; add dough, turning to coat entire surface.
• 7 cover and let rise in draft-free area until doubled in volumn, about 1 1/2 hours.
• 8 for filling:.
• 9 beat butter and sugar to blend well; stir in orange peel.
• 10 to assemble:.
• 11 roll dough out on generously floured surface to thickness of 3/16 inch.
• 12 spread filling evenly over dough; roll dough up into cylinder, as for jelly roll.
• 13 cut into 1 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• 14 set each slice in paper muffin liner; arrange on baking sheet.
• 15 cover with towel and let rise in warm draft-free area 30 minutes.
• 16 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 17 bake rolls until lightly browned on top, about 12 minutes.