Enjoy an unbelievably light and airy texture with a refreshingly lemony taste. The slightly crunchy topping offsets the tender bite underneath, with just the right amount of sweetness.
Prep Time: 10 minutesmins
Cook Time: 16 minutesmins
Rise: 1 hourhr
Total Time: 1 hourhr26 minutesmins
Servings: 12rolls
Ingredients
12frozen white dinner rolls, raw, unbaked dough, such as Rhodes frozen dinner rolls
2-3TBfresh lemon juice, slightly more or less, depending on desired consistency
Instructions
Thaw frozen dinner rolls just until no longer frozen but still cold - not yet risen.
Butter a 9x13 baking pan or two round cake pans. Cut rolls in half and arrange in pan cut-side down, 1/2 inch apart. Drizzle with melted butter, evenly over rolls.
Mix lemon zest and sugar together in a bowl. Sprinkle a third of the zest/sugar mixture evenly over the rolls.
Cover and let rise until rolls are doubled in size, approx. 1 hour, depending on your room temp. (Tip: I covered my baking pan with an equal-sized baking pan in lieu of cling wrap, to give room for rolls to rise upward.)
Preheat oven to 350F, with rack on lower middle. Carefully sprinkle remaining zest/sugar mixture evenly over the rolls.
Bake 16-18 minutes or just until golden.
Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.
Notes
If baked the night before, let rolls cool completely. Cover and let sit at room temp until ready to reheat.