meyer lemon rolls
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Sweet Meyer lemon rolls with Meyer lemon filling and frosting!
Happy New Year! After a few days away at the beach, I returned home to find the Meyer lemon tree laden with aromatic fruit. I couldn’t resist the call back to the kitchen (and the oven), so we’re ringing in the new year with Meyer lemon rolls.
The Best Lemon Rolls
Perfumed with fresh Meyer lemon zest and juice, these fluffy yeasted rolls with sweet and tangy Meyer lemon filling and frosting are an absolute lemon dream. Perfect for breakfast or weekend brunch, you’ll love these rolls during citrus season. Here’s to a sweet new year!
Meyer Lemon Rolls
- Yield: 12 rolls
Description
Sweet Meyer lemon rolls with Meyer lemon filling and frosting are a lemon dream! Enjoy these lemon sweet rolls for breakfast or weekend brunch.
Ingredients
Dough
- 3 1/2 cups (490 g) flour, divided
- 1 package Red Star PLATINUM Yeast
- 1/4 cup (48 g) sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup (240 g) low-fat milk
- 1/4 cup (56 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
Filling/Frosting
- 2 cups (240 g) powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 6 Tbsp (84 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 Tbsp Meyer lemon zest (zest of 2 lemons)
- 1/4 cup fresh Meyer lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine 2 cups (280 g) flour, yeast, sugar, and salt in a large mixer bowl; mix on low speed until incorporated. Heat milk in a microwave-safe measuring cup for 45 seconds to 1 minute, until very warm (120-130°F). Add warm milk, butter, and egg to flour mixture and mix until combined; mix in remaining 1 1/2 cups (210 g) flour. Switch out the flat beater for a dough hook, and knead dough for 4-5 minutes until smooth and elastic. The dough is ready when it feels tacky but doesn’t stick to your fingers (if necessary, add additional flour 1 tablespoon at a time while kneading).
- Place dough in a large bowl coated with nonstick spray and cover with plastic. Let the dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 40 minutes. For the filling/frosting, combine powdered sugar, salt, butter, Meyer lemon zest, juice, and vanilla in a large mixer bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.
- To check if dough has doubled, lightly flour two fingers and press them down into center of dough. If indentations remain, gently press down dough; cover and let rest 5 minutes. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish (or two 9-inch round pans) with nonstick spray.
- Turn dough out on a lightly floured board and roll into an 18 x 12-inch rectangle. Spread 6 tablespoons of filling over dough with an offset spatula, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Carefully roll dough up into a tight log and pinch edges to seal.
- Trim off uneven ends and score dough into 12 equal slices. Use unflavored dental floss to slice dough crosswise (slip a long slice of floss under log of dough and cross on top to cut slices cleanly). Place rolls cut side up into prepared baking dish. Cover loosely with plastic and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
- While the rolls rise, preheat oven to 350°F. Bake rolls for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes. Spread the remaining frosting over the warm rolls before serving.
Keywords: Meyer Lemon, Lemon, Rolls, Lemon Rolls, Breakfast
More Meyer lemon recipes you’ll love:
Meyer Lemon Brown Butter Bars
Meyer Lemon Earl Grey Tea Cake
Meyer Lemon Cream Puffs
My children and I DEVOURED these!! Thank you so much for sharing! Meyer lemon anything is great but this is a genius recipe and we loved it. 💛🍋
★★★★★
Thanks so much, Megan! Meyer lemons are my absolute favorite. So glad the rolls were a hit! 🙂
These look so incredible! I LOVE meyer lemon!
Oh. ..my..gawd! ! These cinnamon rolls sound fantastic!
I just tried this recipe today. It was fantastic! Thanks 🙂
Hi Cheryl, thanks so much for letting me know. So happy you liked the rolls! 🙂
I love this rolls so much!! Need to find me some meyer lemons soon!!
These look amazing! I can’t wait to try them!
These make me want to go on the hunt for meyer lemons! Perfect for breakfast or brunch! 🙂
oh how I would love to have a Meyer lemon tree of my own!! I’m still getting used to the weather here in WI and our community garden. . love love love these lemon rolls!!! perfection! Happy 2015, Laura! can’t wait to see all the deliciousness you bring!
I have bookmarked these! They look wonderful!
These look perfect for the New Year! Wishing you all the best in 2015!
Meyer lemon are my fave lemon flavour. There is nothing it can be added to that I wouldn’t like!
Wow a tree laden with Meyer lemons! I can only dream of that in the UK and I bought a little Meyer lemon tree seedling… Two years on it is still teeny so I doubt we will ever see any lemons. Your rolls look absolute perfection – I would love some for a weekend breakfast