# Lemon Rolls

These lemon rolls are a delicious alternative to traditional cinnamon rolls, featuring a zesty lemon filling and a creamy icing.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 ml whole milk
- 90 gr butter
- 750 gr flour
- 22 gr yeast
- 150 gr sugar
- 2.5 lemons lemon zest
- 90 gr sugar
- 50 gr butter
- 100 gr cream cheese
- 30 gr butter
- 35 gr powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp whole milk

## Instructions

1. Warm up the milk and let the butter melt in it. Meanwhile, mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Pour the milk and butter into the dry ingredients and mix until you get a dough.
3. Knead the dough on a floured surface for 5 minutes, then put it in a lightly greased bowl and let it rest for at least an hour or until doubled in size.
4. Mix sugar and lemon zest; massage the sugar with your hands to infuse it with the lemon zest.
5. Punch the dough, roll it into a rectangle on a floured surface.
6. Spread butter over the rectangle, then sprinkle sugar over it.
7. Roll the dough into a log, cut the top and bottom edges if uneven, and cut the log into 2.5-3 cm sections.
8. Place the rolls in a greased baking tray, leaving space between them.
9. Let the rolls rise for another hour.
10. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.
11. Make the icing by mixing cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and milk with a hand mixer.
12. Spread icing over the warm rolls.

## Equipment

- baking tray
- rolling pin
- bowl
- hand mixer
- knife or floss

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakorbake/video/7205590892101733637?lang=en
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9f039d0e-798e-4c88-9f3e-289fae1e002b
- Extracted: 2025-01-18

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