These magnificent Orange Raspberry Cinnamon Rolls are both a tangy and sweet. They are guaranteed to brighten your day.

In case you have not noticed, I like creating unique cinnamons rolls. I love cinnamon rolls in the purest form, but I also like to experiment with different flavors and change thing but a bit.

The combination of just the slightest amount of spices can take a recipe to a completely different level.

Fruit of all kinds are commonly added to desserts. We all have our favorite fruit pie or cobbler. These desserts though have the fruit as the main star.

With my cinnamon rolls, the goal is not to turn the cinnamon roll into a pie or cobbler, but to uplift the cinnamon roll to a new level with the addition of fruit.

The fruit is not only in the center of the rolls, but the dough itself is flavored with the fruit, which makes the dough the star of the roll.

What makes the orange Raspberry combo work?

The mandarin oranges complement the raspberries wonderfully.
The sweetness of the mandarin oranges help balance the tartness of the raspberries.
The orange glaze tops the rolls off with a nice sugary citrus flavor

Ingredients Needed From The Pantry

The ingredients for cinnamon rolls are what are referred to as usual pantry stables and/or baking stables. There is nothing that cannot be found in your local grocery store.

For the Dough:

whole milk
eggs
butter
all purpose flour
sugar
salt
yeast
mandarin orange
cinnamon

For the Filling:

brown sugar
cinnamon
butter
mandarin oranges
raspberries

For the Glaze:

powdered sugar
vanilla
juice from mandarin oranges

Equipment

Bread machine or Electric mixer with dough hook
Rolling Pin
9×13 pan
Serrated Knife

Recipe Tips

1. Use a Bread Machine

This dough works well in a bread machine. It is an easy alternative if you have a busy schedule and do not have the time for mixing the ingredients, kneading the dough with your mixer or by hand and then waiting for the dough to rise before starting to construct your cinnamon rolls.

All of the ingredients are added to the bread machine and then the machine does the work. It frees up about one and half hours of your time to do other things while the machine to delivery the perfect batch of dough. The bread machine will mix all the ingredients, knead the dough, and do the first rise of the dough.

No worries if you do not have a bread machine. This recipe can be adapted to using a mixer. Please note, this is a wet “dough” and will take a little longer to mix and knead due to the moisture.

2.Use a crafting Mat

I changed from a pastry mat /silicone mat to a craft mat for a couple of reasons. First, a craft mat is larger than a standard pastry mat. I use a craft mat that is 36x 24. This gives me a large surface to roll out dough. Second, a craft mat is self healing. Cuts made into it disappear unlike a pastry mat.

3. Use a Serrated Knife or Non-Waxed Dental Floss

Using a regular kitchen knife can sometimes make uneven cuts, smooch down the dough causing the filling to come out. A serrated knife allows for a clean cut with a slight sawing motion. Dental floss provides a clean cut. The floss is placed under the roll, the ends are brought up, tied ounce, and then followed by pulling the sting ends until the dental floss cuts through the dough.