Orange Crescent Rolls
An easy & delicious breakfast or brunch recipe with tangy orange flavors wrapped in buttery, flaky pastry.
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Ingredients
Crescents
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese softened
- 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Fresh Orange Zest
- 2 cans 8 count Crescent Roll Dough
Glaze
- 1 tbsp Butter melted
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Fresh Orange Zest
- 2-3 tsp. Orange Juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a small mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and orange zest with a hand mixer until smooth.
- Unroll crescent dough and separate into triangles.
- With a spoon, spread an even amount of the cream cheese mixture between the 16 triangles.
- Roll each triangle; starting at the widest point, and place each crescent onto a baking sheet.
- Bake crescents for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- While rolls bake in the oven, combine the glaze ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until smooth, adding orange juice a bit at a time, as needed.
- Remove crescents from oven and immediately drizzle with glaze.
- Serve warm, and enjoy!
Notes
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- This recipe can be made with the lower fat crescent roll dough. I used Pillsbury butter flake crescent roll dough.
- Either full fat cream cheese or 1/3 less fat cream cheese can be used to make these orange crescent rolls.
- No vanilla extract? Almond extract is often used in this recipe. I did not have that on hand, so I used vanilla extract instead.
- Make smaller versions of these orange crescent rolls by cutting each crescent roll triangle in half with a pizza cutter.
- Don't love the flavor of orange? These rolls can be made with lemon, lime, or grapefruit zest. You could make these rolls for fall by omitting the citrus zest & juice and using pumpkin or apple pie spice for tasty fall treats. Your imagination is the limit with these rolls!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 rollCalories: 160kcal
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