Dark Chocolate Orange Rolls
Warm up the oven on cozy, chilly mornings and start your day with soft dark chocolate, orange, & cardamom rolls with a sweet orange glaze.
Servings: 16 rolls
Calories: 345kcal
Ingredients
Yeasted Rolls
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 t. vanilla
- 2 1/4 t. active dry yeast
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 t. baking powder
- 1/2 t. baking soda
- 1 t. salt
Dark Chocolate Orange Cardamom Filling
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 t. ground cardamom
- 1 orange zested
- 6 oz. Chocolove Orange Peel in Dark Chocolate or other orange dark chocolate, finely chopped
Orange Zest Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup orange juice freshly squeezed
- 1/2 t. vanilla
Instructions
- Warm milk and oil in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk in brown sugar and vanilla until sugar melts, then remove from heat.
- Sprinkle yeast over the warm mixture and let sit for about a minute, until many bubbles form.
- Pour mixture into a mixing bowl and fold in 4 cups flour just until combined. Cover with a damp cloth and set in a warm place for an hour to rise.
- After dough has risen, fold in remaining flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Set half the dough on a lightly floured rolling surface. Roll into a rectangle about 1/4-inch thick.
- Brush dough with 1/4 cup melted butter. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 t. cardamom, and 1/2 orange zest. Spread half the chopped chocolate evenly over the dough.
- Roll the dough tightly toward you, starting on a long edge. Place the roll seam-down and slice into 8 even pieces.
- Place rolls into a greased pie plate or 8x8 baking dish. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
- Let rolls rest for 15 minutes.
- Bake at 375° for 18-22 minutes, until tops are golden brown.
- While rolls bake, whisk together all glaze ingredients.
- Let rolls cool for 10 minutes, then drizzle with glaze. Serve warm.