Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze are a special treat your family will love! They’re sticky and gooey and filled with orange flavored goodness and worth every minute they take to make.

Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze
 I’m not sure where orange rolls originated, but I know they are popular in Utah and certain areas in the South. Growing up in Washington state, I never noticed orange rolls at the grocery, or in our favorite neighborhood bakery.  Metcalf’s Bakery on Kitsap Way in Brememerton, WA was owned by  Stanley and Lois Metcalf for 30 years. I loved going there with my mom on Saturdays. Mom and Dad loved donuts and sweet rolls. Metcalf’s was a little Mom and Pop operation which sold lots of donuts, sweet rolls and  cookies. Mom always let me pick out my own special treat, which was usually a gingerbread man. The Metcalf’s finally retired in 1974 and sold their business. Sadly, local bakeries are a dying breed. There are still wonderful upscale type bakeries- but that’s a different type of sweet.
Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze

Here is the good news!

My testimony to home baking: If you want to know what goes into your baked goods, and you want them to taste as good as the treats you used to pick up at your local Metcalf’s Bakery, or better yet, in your mother or grandmother’s kitchen- fire up your oven and bake something other than freezer to table items. Remember when we talked last year about making pie crust? You can do it. Yes, you can. Nothing can beat the taste of homemade Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze!
Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze
 

Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze

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Author: Si Foster

Ingredients 

Dough:

  • 1 package dry yeast
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 6 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 1/2 cups flour

Orange Filling:

  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons orange rind

Glaze:

  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate

Instructions

  • In a large bowl dissolve the yeast in warm water.
  • Add all other ingredients except flour.
  • Add 2 cups flour, mix, then add in the remaining cup and a half of flour.
  • Let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour.
  • Divide the dough into two portions.
  • Roll out first ball of dough into a 10- 12 inch circle on a floured surface.
  • Spread with half of orange filling. Cut into 8-12 pie shaped wedges (using a pizza cutter works well) and roll into crescent shapes. Begin with large end and end with point.
  • Set onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
  • Repeat with other half of dough.
  • Let all rolls rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden.
  • Let rolls cool on pans for about 5 minutes before glazing.
  • Mix glaze ingredients in a small sauce pan and let boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Spread glaze on rolls. Serve immediately.

Notes

Tips:-I often half the glaze ingredients.-Best when served within 8 hours of baking.

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