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Maple Bourbon Glazed Orange & Cardamom Sweet Rolls

Drizzle the maple bourdon glaze over this orange cardamom sweet roll recipe and make 6 large soft & fluffy sweet rolls. An easy quick bread recipe so no yeast required! Perfect grab and go breakfast or a sweet dinner roll. An excellent snack too. Skip the maple bourbon glaze and drizzle honey over them instead. An all-around great sweet roll recipe for any day of the week or addition to holiday meal.
Sweet Rolls: 372 calories, 78.4g Carbs, 3.7g Fat, 6.2g Protein
Glaze: 105 calories, 26.9g Carbs, 0g Fat, 0g Protein
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Servings: 6 large rolls
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American, dessert, Indian
Calories: 477
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Orange & Cardamom Sweet Rolls
  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1½ cups brown sugar or light brown sugar (packed)
  • 4 cardamom seeds (after ground is ¼tsp)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp dried orange peels
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 4 tbs Mayonnaise of choice ( I used avocado oil based mayo)
  • 1 cup milk of choice (I used Fa'rlife fat free milk for higher protein), divided
Maple Bourbon Glaze
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar or light brown sugar (packed)
  • ⅓ cup bourbon infused maple syrup
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

Equipment

  • sieve
  • whisk
  • mortar and pestle
  • electric spice grinder (optional)
  • large mixing bowl
  • 6 cup deep muffin baking tray (metal non-stick pan recommended)

Method
 

Orange & Cardamom Sweet Rolls
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease muffin baking tray or baking tray of choice.
  2. Use a sieve and introduce two cups of flour into a large mixing bowl
  3. Add the 2 teaspoons of baking powder to flour
  4. Use a mortar and pestle to grind 4 cardamom seeds and 1/4 tsp of dried orange peel (use a pre-made spice version from spices isle in grocery store) into a fine powder
  5. Add to flour mixture along with 1/4 teaspoon of ground clove and salt.
  6. Use a sieve and introduce the packed brown sugar into the dry ingredients by rubbing your hand around the bottom of the sieve and pushing the sugar through. This is to avoid a clumpy dough.
  7. Use a whisk and fully incorporate all dry ingredients.
  8. (optional) Sieve all dry ingredients once more and use an electric spice grinder to make any remaining pieces into a finer powder-like texture.
  9. Add 4 tbsp mayonnaise to your dry ingredients.
  10. Add ½ cup of milk and using a spoon mix the wet and dry ingredients together. It will be very crumbly with a lot of dry left over.
  11. Add remaining milk and continue to mix until fully incorporated. A very sticky dough is the result.
  12. Wash hands with water and with very wet hands scoop one section of dough, roll into a ball shape, and place onto greased baking tray (in this case in muffin tin).
  13. To avoid losing dough, repeat all steps above for each of the 6 rolls including washing excess dough from hands in between each individual roll.
  14. Bake at 350°F for 22 minutes. A toothpick will come out clean at this stage.
  15. Allow to cool for 5 minutes and remove from muffin tin.
  16. Place on cooling rack and allow to cool for 5 minutes and add maple bourbon glaze.
Maple Bourbon Glaze
  1. Add all ingredients to mixing bowl.
  2. Stir
  3. Microwave 15 seconds
  4. Stir again
  5. Drizzle over hot sweet rolls immediately
  6. Serve immediately. Refrigerates well. Enjoy cold or warmed in microwave.