Cream Cheese Orange Filled Rolls
Like cinnamon rolls, only with cream cheese filling! You can also make a lemon filling by using lemon zest and lemon juice instead of orange if you prefer. This is a finnish recipe and finns don't usually go for very gooey and sweet things - the rolls are subtly sweet and have a fresh orange taste. You can add more sugar to the filling if you like, or try making more of it!!
Steps
Crumble yeast into a bowl.
Gently heat milk to 37c.
Pour milk over yeast and mix until yeast has dissolved.
Add sugar , egg , salt , cardamom and melted butter and stir.
Add about 200 ml of the flour and stir.
Add most of the remaining flour and knead dough by hand , adding flour if needed , until the dough is smooth and elastic and no longer sticks to the bowl nor to your hand.
Sprinkle some flour on top and cover: let rise for 40 minutes.
Mix the filling ingredients together.
Lightly flour the baking board and turn the dough on it.
Roll dough out to a 35 x 45 cm square.
Spread the filling on the dough and roll it up tightly , starting from the longer side of the square.
Cut the roll in 12 pieces.
Place rolls on a parchmented baking sheet , cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
Brush the rolls with beaten egg and sprinkle pearl sugar on top.
Bake at 200 c for about 13-15 minutes.
Cover the rolls while cooling.
Ingredients
milk, fresh yeast, sugar, egg, salt, ground cardamom, butter, all-purpose flour, cream cheese, orange zest, fresh orange juice