Karla's Easter Sweet Rolls

Karla's Easter Sweet Rolls

2 Packages yeast

½ cup warm water

½ cup sugar

2 tsp. salt

4 eggs

12 Tbs. butter (melted)

2 cup sour cream

5 ½ cups flour

Soften yeast in warm water. Add sugar, salt, eggs, sour cream, and butter. Add flour gradually. Cover and let rise for 2 hours.

Once rolls have risen, punch down and divide into 4 parts. Roll each part into circle. Rub circle with melted butter and spread with filling. Cut into triangle and roll up. Place in baking sheet. Let rise and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

As soon as rolls come out of the oven drizzle glaze over entire roll then sprinkle with toasted coconut.

Filling:

1 ½ cup sugar

4 Tbs. orange rind

2 cup toasted coconut (set aside ½ cup to sprinkle on top of rolls at end, see glaze instructions)

Stir ingredients together and set aside.

Glaze:

1 ½ cup sugar

4 Tbs. orange juice

1 cup sour cream

½ cup butter

Boil ingredients on stove for 3 minutes just before rolls come out of the oven. As soon as rolls come out of the oven drizzle glaze over entire roll and then sprinkle with toasted coconut.