ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTED CINNAMON ROLLS
BY BRANDI MILLOY
Ingredients
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1
container of 4 refrigerated jumbo cinnamon rolls
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1
tablespoon of zest from a Sunkist<sup>®</sup> orange
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2
tablespoons salted butter, room temperature
COCKTAIL
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3
tablespoons cream cheese, room temperature
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2
tablespoons salted butter, room temperature
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3/4
cup powdered sugar
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1/2
tablespoon vanilla or almond extract
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3
tablespoons freshly squeezed Sunkist<sup>®</sup> orange juice
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1
tablespoon Sunkist<sup>®</sup> orange zest
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and open cinnamon rolls.
- Zest a Sunkist<sup>®</sup> orange into a large mixing bowl, add butter to the bowl and stir together.
- Unroll each cinnamon roll and spread about ½ tablespoon of orange butter mixture onto the dough. Roll back up. Repeat for all 4 cinnamon rolls.
- Bake cinnamon rolls for 16-20 minutes until baked through.
- Make frosting (recipe below) while cinnamon rolls are baking in the oven.
- Spread half of the frosting on top of cinnamon rolls while warm. Drizzle remaining frosting onto cinnamon rolls before serving.
FROSTING
- Combine cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, extract, Sunkist<sup>®</sup> orange juice and zest in a bowl.
- Mix until smooth.
