Lemon Rolls With Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Rolls
• Mix yeast and warm water until dissolved.
• Combine cake mix, salt and flour in a large bowl.
• Add yeast mixture and vanilla to cake mixture. Mix well. This may require kneading with your hands a bit to completely combine ingredients.
• Cover tightly with plastic. Let rise for one hour. Punch down and let rise again for another 30-60 minutes.
• Divide dough in half. On a floured surface, roll one half of dough into a rectangle shape, approximately 1/4" thick.
• Once dough is rolled out, brush with half of softened butter.
• Combine white sugar, lemon zest and pudding mix in a bowl stirring until well combined.
• Sprinkle half of the sugar mixture over buttered dough.
• Starting at end opposite from you, roll the dough towards you until all dough is rolled into one long piece.
• Slice dough into 12 equal sized pieces. Place 12 rolls into a 13x9 inch pan that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Repeat process with remaining dough to make the second pan of lemon rolls.
• Cover with plastic and let both pans rise until almost doubled in size, approximately 30 minutes. Don't worry if rolls don't completely double in size, they will continue to rise while baking.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake at 350°F for 15-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• While rolls are baking, prepare your frosting.
• Remove from oven and either frost immediately if you would like frosting to melt into rolls, or wait until rolls have cooled, then frost.
• Frosting
• Beat cream cheese, softened butter and lemon extract in a bowl until light and fluffy. Mix until well combined. Add in your confectioner's sugar, one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Add in three tablespoons milk, and mix until very well combined.
• Store rolls in refrigerator.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in lemon zest., Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until center is set and edges are golden brown. Cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and zest. Frost top and cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with unsalted butter. Set aside.
• For the dough: Combine the milk, butter and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in a small saucepan and heat until the butter melts and the mixture's between 105 degrees F and 115 degrees F on an instant read thermometer. Whisk in the yeast and let stand until the top is foamy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl. Whisk in the eggs and remaining sugar and set aside. Combine the flour and kosher salt in the bowl of a heavy stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Mix on low speed until combined, about 1 minute. Turn the mixer to medium speed and add the yeast mixture. Continue to mix until the dough comes together in a ball and is smooth and no longer sticky, about 13 minutes.
• Coat a large bowl with cooking spray. Transfer the dough to the bowl and cover with a kitchen towel. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Punch the dough down and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. Roll the dough out to a 20-by-12-inch rectangle with the longer side parallel to you.
• For the filling: Combine the lemon zest and juice in a medium bowl. Add the granulated sugar. Use your hands to rub the zest into the sugar and lemon juice.
• Spread the softened stick of butter evenly over the dough. Sprinkle the lemon-sugar mixture evenly over the butter.
• Starting at the bottom, tightly roll the dough up into a long log. Cut the log into 15 (about 1-1/2 inches-wide) crosswise pieces with a serrated knife or dental floss. Arrange the rolls cut-side-up in the prepared baking dish. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• About 30 minutes before the second rising time is done, adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Once ready, uncover the rolls and bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While the rolls bake, make the frosting: Beat the butter and cream cheese with the paddle attachment in the bowl of a stand mixer until fluffy and smooth. Add the lemon juice and vanilla. Sift the powdered sugar into the bowl, add the salt and beat until combined. Add the poppy seeds, and beat until smooth, about 10 seconds. While the rolls are still warm, spread the tops with the frosting. Serve warm (see Cook's Note).