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orange sweet rolls

Overnight Sourdough Orange Sweet Rolls

Vibrant, cirtusy, sticky and tangy decadent sweet rolls with crumbled orange zest and sugar topping.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Rise time 12 hours
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Servings 6 rolls

Equipment

  • baking pan that fits 6 rolls
  • Parchment Paper
  • microplane or equivalent to zest the orange
  • pastry brush to apply egg wash

Ingredients
  

  • 1 orange, juice & zest roughly 30g of zest and 35g of juice

Dough

  • 25 g sourdough starter or active discard
  • 35 g milk
  • 10 g orange zest about 1/3 of the orange zest from above
  • 35 g orange juice about all of the orange juice from above
  • 25 g egg about 1/2 an egg. remainder is used for egg wash
  • 30 g cane sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 150 g all purpose flour
  • 22 g unsalted butter room temperature

Filling

  • 15 g unsalted butter room temperature
  • 50 g turbino sugar
  • 10 g orange zest about 1/3 of the orange zest from above
  • 5 g corn starch

Topping

  • 10 g orange zest about 1/3 of the orange zest from above
  • 1 tbsp turbino sugar

Egg wash

  • 25 g egg about 1/2 an egg
  • 1 tsp milk

Instructions
 

Day 1

  • 10:30pm: Zest and juice 1 orange. Some pulp is fine. Cover and set aside. We will use this to make the dough as well as use it in the filling and icing the next day.
  • Mix together the Dough Ingredients: sourdough discard, milk, orange zest and juice, egg, sugar and salt until everything is well combined. Mix in flour and knead until a dough forms. Using your fingers, rub in butter and continue to knead until the dough is smooth and elastic. Cover and let rise in a cool place for 8-10 hours.
  • Cover and refridgerate the remaining of the organe zest, juice, and egg to be used the next day.

Day 2

  • Lightly dust a work surface with flour and transfer the proofed dough to it. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to roughly a 6x12" sheet, with the 6" end facing you. Evenly spread the butter all over the dough. Mix together the remaining ingredients for the filling and sprinkle it on top of the butter and pat it in.
  • Tightly roll up the dough from the short end facing you. With the seam side facing down, cut the dough into 6 even pieces. Transfer them onto a lined baking sheet, cover and let rise for 2-3 hours.
    orange sweet rolls
  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Make the topping: combine orange zest and sugar. Set aside. Make the egg wash: combine egg and milk. Brush the dough with the egg wash and sprinkle the orange sugar topping mixture all over.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until the roll starts turning golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool for about 20 minutes.
Keyword pastry, sourdough, sourdough discard