Recipe: All Steak's Orange Rolls

This is the All Steak Orange Roll recipe; my sister's MIL lives in Cullman and got it from their newspaper: it's one of the most requested recipes up there! I have not made it, yet but plan to for Christmas morning. Their orange rolls rank right up there with Birmingham's The Club orange rolls!!

ALL STEAK'S ORANGE ROLLS

1 (1 oz.) yeast cake cake (=1 envelope yeast or 2 1/4 teaspoons)
1 1/3 cups warm water (105F-115F)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted solid vegetable shortening
1 egg (room temperature)
1 teaspoon salt
3 1/4 cups all purpose flour

Crumble yeast into a large bowl. Stir in the water and sugar. Let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes.

FOR THE FILLING:
1 cup ( 2 sticks ) margarine, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange peel

Beat margarine and sugar and blend well. Stir in orange peel.

Roll dough out on floured surface to 3/16th inch thickness. Spread the filling over the dough. Roll up into a cylinder, as for a jelly roll. Cut into 1 1/2 inch thick slices. Set each slice in a paper muffin liner. Arrange on baking sheet. Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm draft-free area for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and bake rolls until lightly browned on the top, about 12 minutes.

Yields 4 dozen