Is there anything more wonderful than waking up to the aroma of sweet rolls baking in the oven? My sweet friend Jamie, Life’s a Feast, asked us to bake bread for her birthday. So for her virtual Birthday/Bread Baking Day #26, I woke up early and baked her Whole Wheat Orange Cranberry Sticky buns.
I’ve been seeing lots of scrumptious cinnamon rolls on the web lately, but since one of my sons isn’t crazy about cinnamon I decided to make orange rolls instead. I Googled orange rolls and came across a fun blog I hadn’t visited before, Frugal Dr. Mom. She had an Orange Sticky Bun recipe that I knew my troops would love.
I substituted my favorite dinner roll recipe for the buns. I used whole wheat pastry flour, bread flour and vital wheat gluten, but it works just as well with all purpose flour if you’d rather. I also used a simple orange glaze instead of the sour cream and butter glaze that Dr. Mom used and sprinkled on sweetened dried cranberries. These rolls were scrumptious – sweet and light and fluffy. My boys and I managed to quickly devour an entire pan full in one sitting!
Jamie and I were born in the same year and this is a milestone birthday for us. Be sure and stop by her blog on February 5 and wish her Happy Birthday and check out all of the scrumptious birthday treats the blogosphere baked up for her. Happy Birthday Jamie!
Whole Wheat Orange Cranberry Sticky Buns
Filling
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons grated orange rind
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries (Craisins)Buns
2 c. bread flour
1 c. whole wheat pastry flour
2 t. vital wheat gluten
1 pkg. rapid-rise (instant) yeast
1 c. milk (120º to 130º)
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter
1 t. salt
1 eggGlaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange juiceFilling: In a small bowl, mix ¾ cup of sugar with orange rind; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, mix 1 cup bread flour and 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour, wheat gluten, and yeast. Heat and stir milk, sugar, butter, and salt until butter is melted and milk is between 120º to 130º. Add to flour mixture, add egg. Beat at low speed for 1/2 minute. Beat 3 minutes at high speed.
Mix in the remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough. (Add more or less if necessary.) Knead until smooth (6 to 8 min.). Shape into a ball. Place in greased bowl, turn. Cover, let rise until double (45 to 60 Min.).Preheat oven to 350°. Punch dough down and turn out onto floured surface. Divide into 2 equal parts. Roll each part into a 12″ circle. Brush circles with remaining butter. Sprinkle with orange-sugar mixture. Sprinkle with cranberries. Cut each circle into 8 pie-shape wedges. (I like to use a pizza cutter for this.)
Cover the filling with a piece of wax paper and gently press the filling into the dough. Starting at wide end, roll up wedges. Place point side down in greased 9×13″ pan. Cover and let rise in warm place until almost double in size, about 1 hour.
Bake, uncovered, 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven; cool 15 minutes. Combine powdered sugar and orange juice. Drizzle over rolls.
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Oh Barbara, these are just wonderful! I love the orange and cranberry flavors and liked that you used a lighter glaze. These are perfect! And they are so beautiful lined up like that in the pan (clever to roll them like croissants rather than the tradtional pinwheel). These are a great bread for my BBD Birthday Party! A big hug and kiss to you!
Look at how wonderfully amazing you are! A breakfast treat these are! Yum!
I love orange rolls. Can't wait to try these. Thanks.
OH, these look so good!!!
Sono meravigliosi, peccato che abitiamo cosi' lontane, verrai a trovarti spesso.Buona settimana Daniela.
Orange rolls bring me back to being a kid – they are my Dad's favorite Sunday morning treat. I should make him these!
oh Looks so pretty I wanna try it
Loved the Orange and cranberry flavours.Who wouldnt like the the fresh smell of these cute rolls baking in the oven…..loved it!A perfect treat to the eyes:)
Oooh these look so tasty!! YUM!
Your rolls look wonderful, and I can almost smell them if I close my eyes! I'm sure Jamie appreciates your kindness on her birthday, 50 is quite a hurtle.
Those look ALMOST as good as my grandmothers famous orange rolls! =)
they look amazing:))yummy!
These look superb, I so want one of them daaaaaaahing, I have been on a citrus kick lately, so these would be perfect.
*kisses* HH
Can I come over for a taste? :)
Great job mum, they look so delectable and sticky! And Jamie is wonderful, I love the way she writes and like you she is one cool lady! xxx
Oh my, so glistening and perfect!
I love sticky! One of my favourite phrases I use when I am asking someone to do something is "I'll give you a sticky bun!"
Oh. My. YUMMY GOODNESS!! I'm drooling. :)
I love the citrus flavor! these sticky buns look beautiful and delicious.
Holy cow these look so good! Buttery and flaky:D I bet I could eat about 4 of them all in one setting!! They look terrific:D
Your photographs of the finished rolls are beautiful…I feel like I could reach right in and grab one! I wish I could! So soft, tender and gooey!
oh wow, to die for! i can't think of a better way to start a birthday!
Orange Cranberry is absolutely one of my favorite combinations! And there's no better them then a cold winter day too!
Barbara, what a yummie looking rolls, love the combination of orange and cranberries…great pictures!
I can tell from the ingredients that these are a real winner!! That first photo is awesome.
The bread freak in me can't wait to try these. I love the cranberry/orange combination.
Oh, oh, oh, what a sweet celebration. Just soooo good. Your photo is a tease. Big YUMS up!
Tempting and mouthwatering buns…
Great photos! Makes me want to lick those sticky buns!!!
…wait, that doesn't sound right…
I can't imagine anything better than waking up to the smell of these little beauties baking! I love that cranberry/orange combo!
I love the combination of cranberries and orange. I used it in spiral cookies. I'll have to try this recipe too. Yum! But today is La Chandeleur -crepe day in France and Belgium- so I'm off to make a crepe batter. You have to love the sugar!!!
Maryse
Oh wow Barbara these look amazing! The photos made me hungry!
Unreal! I'm hungry just looking at those photos, I'll have to try these out on Saturday, I cant imaging a better way to start the weekend!
Oh wow. Those rolls look amazing. I really like the use of whole wheat flour. It'll make me feel better about eating 5 of these at a time. Thanks for the recipe!
Your rolls look fantastic. Orange and cranberry such a classic combination and a nice change from traditional cinnamon rolls.
Mimi
Those sticky buns look wonderful! I love the flavors of orange and cranberry and that glaze is making me want to lick my computer screen. Great photos as well – look forward to making them in the near future.
Love the sticky buns…… Glaze makes the buns look so outstanding and tempting… I believe the taste is just as great as the look :-)
Sawadee from Bangkok,
Kris
Those kind of looked like large rugelach! Dough is different, of course.
What a mouth-watering photo! I would love to dig into those right when they came out of the oven.
Super recipe, Barbara!
My goodness – do these every look good! And I love that you used whole wheat flour and vital wheat gluten. Thanks to Zoe, I have some in my pantry now!
My mom loves orange flavors for breakfast foods. I will have to make this for her!
random fact…we both have STICKY in our latest blog posts!!! okay, that aside, these buns look sooo yum, esp with the glaze. Im a sucker for glazed anything.
Barbara-these look fantastic! My kids love the Pillsbury Orange Rolls and I've been looking for a recipe to surprise them with. This is perfect!
Finger licking good Barbara. I'm gonna be fighting Jamie for some at the party! Absolutely delicious; my fave flavours in there…orange and dried cranberries! YUM!!
Wow!These look just fabulous!!!!
Oh Barbara, what gorgeous rolls! They are singing to me. Love orange and cranberies!
These look great! I love the orange cranberry combo. I need to make these….now if only I could figure out how to make them and still be able to wake up to the smell of them baking in the oven….haha.
Your rolls turned out great! You did a fabulous job!
They look so scrumptious!!! I love treats like this in the morning.
These looks soooo scrumptious.
Just a quick note…still dreaming about these!
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