ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTED CINNAMON ROLLS

BY BRANDI MILLOY

Number of servings

Ingredients

  • 1 container of 4 refrigerated jumbo cinnamon rolls
  • 1 tablespoon of zest from a Sunkist® orange
  • 2 tablespoons salted butter, room temperature

COCKTAIL Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons cream cheese, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons salted butter, room temperature
  • 0.75 cup powdered sugar
  • 0.5 tablespoon vanilla or almond extract
  • 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed Sunkist® orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon Sunkist® orange zest

PREP TIME

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and open cinnamon rolls.
  2. Zest a Sunkist® orange into a large mixing bowl, add butter to the bowl and stir together.
  3. 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.
  4. Bake cinnamon rolls for 16-20 minutes until baked through.
  5. Make frosting (recipe below) while cinnamon rolls are baking in the oven.
  6. Spread half of the frosting on top of cinnamon rolls while warm. Drizzle remaining frosting onto cinnamon rolls before serving.


FROSTING

Directions

  1. Combine cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, extract, Sunkist® orange juice and zest in a bowl.
  2. Mix until smooth.