Step 1

n a large bowl, add the eggs, milk, sugar and 2 oz (60 gr) of melted butter (save the rest for later).

Step 2

Beat well.

Step 3

Add the orange zest, salt, flour, and yeast and mix well with a spoon or your fingers.

Step 4

Knead for several minutes, make into a ball. Place the dough into a large bowl, sprinkle with flour, cover with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and let rise in a draft free area (inside the off oven) for about 4 hours or until doubled in size

Step 5

Move the dough to the counter lightly sprinkled with flour. Knead for a minute, and divide into 6 equal parts.

Step 6

Working with one ball of dough at a time: roll into an extra thin rectangles.

Step 7

Brush it with melted butter, tightly roll on itself starting from the shortest side.

Step 8

Cut the long log of dough in two long half.

Step 9

And roll each on themselves as shown (with cut layers on top, visible).

Step 10

Place each rolled up dough into a muffin mold sprayed or greased.

Step 11

Finish up with all the dough, making 12 pastries. Let them sit and rise for another 30 to 60 minutes.

Step 12

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 13

Bake in the middle part of the oven for 15 to 18 minutes, or until deep golden on top.

Step 14

Remove from the oven and let cool down for two minutes.

Step 15

As soon as you can manage, remove the cruffins from the mold and roll in sugar. If you do this when they are still warm, the sugar will easily stick.