Fluffy, moist and aromatic cinnamon rolls with orange syrup! Another delicious fasting recipe with olive oil and orange flavor. Enjoy!!!
Ingredients
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- 500 g all-purpose flour
25 g fresh yeast
180 g orange juice
100 g warm water
80 g olive oil
zest of an orange
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
250 g brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
350 g orange juice (for the syrup)
80 g sugar (for the syrup)
1 cinnamon stick (for the syrup)
Instructions
1
Mix yeast with 1 tsp sugar and water. Stir until the yeast is completely dissolved
2
In the bowl of your mixer, blend the orange juice, the olive oil, the zest, and the yeast mixture for 10 seconds.
3
Start adding flour and mix at medium speed. Scrape the sides of your bowl before each addition.
4
Mix in the salt and the rest of the flour. Knead at medium speed until you have a soft dough. Take the dough out of the bowl and work it by hand for 5 min to smooth it.
5
Put it in a lightly oiled bowl and cut a cross. Cover with plastic wrap and place it in a warm spot. Let it rise for 45 min.
6
Take the dough out of the bowl. Press gently to deflate it. Sprinkle your bench with flour. Roll out the dough into a rectangle 47 x 40 cm / 18.5” x 15.7”
7
Mix cinnamon powder and brown sugar. Brush the rolled out dough with melted margarine (or butter)
8
Sprinkle evenly with the sugar-cinnamon mixture and press gently. Roll up the dough forming a log.
9
Cut the log into 12 slices. Brush a baking pan with melted margarine (or butter) (pan’s diameter: 30 cm / 11.8”)
10
Transfer the rolls to the baking pan. Cover with food membrane and let them rise for 30 min.
11
Put the orange juice, the sugar and the cinnamon stick in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
12
Let it come to a boil and remove the foam. Turn off the heat. Remove the cinnamon stick and let the syrup cool down.
13
Brush the rolls lightly with honey- water mixture (1 tsp honey – 2 tsp water)
14
Bake in a preheated oven, at 190⁰C / 375⁰F for 30 min.
15
Pour the cooled syrup slowly over the hot cinnamon rolls. Brush their tops with syrup while they are still hot.
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Give the rolls a couple of hours and enjoy!!!
