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Lemon Curd Rolls

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 3/04/21Updated: 5/28/25

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lemon roll with lemon drizzle

These lovely lemon curd rolls are full of lemon flavor. Filled with lemon curd and drizzled with lemon glaze.

Lemon Curd Rolls with Lemon Drizzle on a baking rack

These delicious lemon curd rolls are made with both lemon curd and lemon glaze. If you love lemon, these may be your new favorite treat. They make the perfect addition to any Easter brunch you might be hosting this year. The tart, bright flavor is a yummy taste of spring.

Lemon Curd Rolls with Lemon Drizzle on a cooling rack

Ingredients Needed

  • All Purpose Flour
  • Active Dry Yeast
  • Fresh Lemon Juice
  • Lemon Curd
  • Sugar, granulated sugar and powdered sugar
  • Milk
  • Butter
  • Eggs
  • Salt
Lemon Roll Ingredients

How to Make Lemon Curd Rolls

  • Combine warm water, sugar, and yeast in a bowl. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
yeast proofing
  • Heat milk and butter to 100 degrees to 110 degrees F
  • Add milk, eggs, sugar, salt and flour to yeast mixture.
  • Beat 3 minutes with electric mixer. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
  • Knead with a dough hook or by hand on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Lemon rolls dough on board
  • Place dough in a greased bowl, turning to coat and cover.
  • Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about an hour.
Lemon Roll dough rising
  • Punch dough down and divide into 24 small balls.
  • Roll each ball into a 15-inch rope. Loosely coil each rope into a circle, tucking ends under. Place on a prepared cookie sheet.
lemon roll dough
  • Cover and let rise in warm area until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
  • Uncover dough and carefully brush rolls with melted butter.

brushing roll dough with lemon curd

  • Make deep thumbprints in center of each roll and fill each with lemon curd.
Lemon Curd Rolls with Lemon Drizzle
  • Bake at 325 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Remove from pan immediately and brush a second time with remaining butter.
Lemon Curd Rolls with Lemon Drizzle
  • Cool slightly on wire rack.
  • Blend powdered sugar and enough lemon juice to make a good consistencey to drizzle over rolls.
Lemon Curd Rolls with Lemon Drizzle

Tips

  • If you have questions about working with yeast, check out all my tips for how to proof yeast.
Lemon Curd Rolls with Lemon Drizzle

Check out more of my favorite lemon recipes:

  • Lemon Curd Bars
  • Lemon Pound Cake
  • Lemon Ice Cream

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5 from 3 votes
lemon roll with lemon drizzle

Lemon Curd Rolls

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Sweet Rolls with lemon curd and a lovely lemon glaze.
serves: 24 rolls
Prep:30 minutes minutes
Cook:2 hours hours
0 minutes minutes
Total:2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup warm water 100 degrees to 110 degrees F
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 envelopes Fleischmann’s® Active Dry Yeast or Rapid Rise Yeast
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup butter cut in chunks
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 5 1/4 cups flour may need up to 5 3/4 cups

Lemon Topping

  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1/2 cup lemon curd

Lemon Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1-2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Instructions

  • Combine warm water and 1 teaspoon sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add yeast; let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
  • Heat milk and butter to 100 degrees to 110 degrees F. (Butter does not need to melt).
  • Add milk mixture, eggs, sugar, salt and 2 cups flour to yeast mixture.
  • Beat 3 minutes with electric mixer. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
  • Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes or use a dough hook in mixer.
  • Place dough in a greased bowl, turning to coat and cover or allow to rise, covered on the counter.
  • Let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled, about an hour. Punch dough down. Divide into 24 small balls.
  • Grease 3 baking sheets.
  • Roll each ball into a 15-inch rope. Loosely coil each rope into a circle, tucking ends under. Cover and let rise in warm area until light and doubled in size, about 20-30 minutes
  • Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F.
  • Uncover dough and carefully brush rolls with half of the melted butter. Make deep thumbprints in center of each roll; fill each with 1 teaspoon lemon curd.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from pan; brush a second time with remaining butter. Cool slightly on wire rack.
  • In a small bowl, blend powdered sugar and enough lemon juice for vanilla desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls.

Tips & Notes:

Adapted from Fleishmann’s® Jelly Belly Rolls recipe on BreadWorld.com

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 214kcal (11%) Carbohydrates: 34g (11%) Protein: 4g (8%) Fat: 7g (11%) Saturated Fat: 4g (25%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 2g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 30mg (10%) Sodium: 99mg (4%) Potassium: 51mg (1%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 13g (14%) Vitamin A: 214IU (4%) Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) Calcium: 20mg (2%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine:American
lemon roll with lemon drizzle
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  1. rose says

    Posted on 2/24 at 1:47 pm

    Just made these for the first time. I am a ‘well seasoned’ baker and will give you my opinion. They look great, but….i think you should specify what kind of butter to use, as I would highly recommend using UNsalted butter. They were very salty, as i used regular butter. Other than that, they were pretty good. I did half with lemon curd, and half with homemade chocolate hazelnut spread. Also, I made 16 according to your directions, and the remaining 8, I made them into 16 instead (mini ones). I think the mini ones are more of a “one serving” portion. Should these be eaten same day, or do they keep well for a couple of days?

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  2. Marie says

    Posted on 3/29 at 10:42 pm

    i made these last weekend and will be making them for Easter a Brunch. Great recipe!!
    I love the lemon curd recipe it’s my first time making lemon curd and it was easy and turned out perfect.
    I like the sweet dough recipe as well, I’m comfortable making bread from scratch so this was a wonderful recipe, it was familiar yet new.
    I enjoyed making them and eating them.

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/31 at 8:33 am

      Marie, So glad you loved them too. Everything tastes better with lemon curd.

      Reply
  3. Courtney says

    Posted on 3/11 at 2:45 pm

    Hi! These look amazing! Do you think it would work to try putting lemon zest in the dough as well? Thanks, love your blog!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/11 at 4:09 pm

      Think it sounds like a great idea – the more lemon the better as far as I’m concerned.

      Reply
  4. Carol says

    Posted on 3/10 at 9:19 am

    This looks amazing..just wondering , as I hate making the dough…do you think using frozen bread dough, thawed would be ok??

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/10 at 9:24 am

      Carol, It should work fine. Enjoy!

      Reply
  5. Sonya says

    Posted on 3/9 at 7:18 pm

    What is lemon curd? Can I use lemon pie filling?

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/9 at 7:20 pm

      Lemon pie filling is not the same as lemon curd. There is a link to a lemon curd recipe in the post. I think lemon curd is so much better.

      Reply
      • Sonya says

        Posted on 3/9 at 7:42 pm

        Ok.. Thank you!
        Can’t wait to try them.

        Reply
      • Candice Brinson says

        Posted on 3/21 at 4:44 am

        Hi, Regarding making lemon curd, I’ve seen jars of it in the grocery stores.

        Reply
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