Orange Coconut Crescent Ring Recipes

ORANGE CRESCENTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add 1/4 cup sugar, salt, eggs, sour cream, 6 tablespoons butter and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours. , Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each portion into a 12-in. circle. Brush with remaining butter. Combine orange zest and remaining sugar; sprinkle over butter. , Cut each circle into 12 wedges. Roll up wedges from the wide end. Place pointed side down 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Curve ends down to form a crescent shape. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 45 minutes or until doubled. , Bake at 350° for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks. Combine glaze ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 3 minutes. Pour over warm rolls. Cool. Store in the refrigerator.

ORANGE COCONUT CRESCENT RING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*. Generously grease 12-cup fluted bundt pan.
• Combine sugar, coconut and orange peel.
• Remove dough from can in rolled sections; do not unroll. Cur each section into 4 slices. Dip both sides of each slice in butter, then in coconut mixture.
• Stand slices on edge, slightly overlapping, around prepared pan. Sprinkle over any remaining sugar mixture; drizzle with any remaining butter.
• Bake for 28-32 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool in pan 1 minute; turn onto serving plate. Cool slightly. Blend glaze ingredients until smooth. Spoon over ring. refrigerate leftovers.

ORANGE BREAKFAST RING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and orange zest until blended; set aside., Unroll both tubes of dough; press perforations and seams together to form two rectangles. Overlap rectangles at one end and press the seam to seal. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough to within 1/2 in. of edges. Sprinkle with the chopped almonds., Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal. Place seam side down on a greased baking sheet; pinch ends together to form a ring. With scissors, cut from outside edge two-thirds of the way toward center of ring at 1-in. intervals. Separate strips slightly; twist to allow filling to show. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before carefully removing from pan to a wire rack., Combine confectioners' sugar and orange juice; drizzle over warm coffee cake. Garnish with sliced almonds.