Things that suprised me

SO, for this Genius Hour week I baked some cinnamon buns, because I am trying to learn how to bake a variety of pastries. The recipe I followed was created by Julie Van Rosendaal, and it said to bake the cinnamon buns in the oven for 15-18 minutes. I was surprised that this time isn’t actually long enough to make the buns have a “golden” color, and the buns were more pasty white.

What I did

As stated previously, I was going to learn how to bake for my Genius Hour Project. yesterday I baked the cinnamon buns, and they turned out ok.

That is what they ended up looking like. I think the taste was fine, but some things that I think can be improved are the cutting of the cinnamon buns because they were kinda uneven and rolling them, because as I was rolling the dough, it kinda started to fall apart. Also, the end piece of the dough (top left one in the corner) didn’t have too much of the cinnamon filling in it. Next time I might have to bake the cinnamon rolls for a bit longer than the recommended 20 minutes, cause they seem a little undercooked.

I ate one not too long after and I thought it had a decent level of sweetness.

I think I should definitely try to bake this specific recipe again later in this project.

-Caitlin

Genius Hour Planning

For my Genius Hour Project I think I will either do bake cinnamon rolls and other types of related food.

  1. For my Genius Hour Projecty I want to specifically bake rolls and other cinnamon roll-like food because whenever I go to a bakery I usually order some type of cinnamon roll, and I have baked other types of desserts in tha past, but I’ve never tried to bake cinnamon rolls.
  2. If I achieve my goal, I should be able to bake tasty cinnamon rolls, and not run into any major problems while baking.
  3. To get to being able to bake cinnamon rolls, I will look at recipes on Pinterest and maybe watch some tutorials on Youtube if I need to.
  4. For baking I’ll probably need basic baking supplies, like flour, sugar, salt, etc. I will probably need a pan to bake the rolls in.
  5. I might need help with getting baking supplies from a grocery store, if I need them, and taste testing the cinnamon rolls so I can know more opinions and what I need to immprove or try differently. And maybe for using the oven, ’cause for some reason I have an irrationial fear of falling into it(like the with from Hansel and Gretel)…

About Me

My name is Caitlin and I’m a child in the 8th grade, I live in the capital city of Alberta, in a house with my mother, father, younger sister and two suspicious goldfish.

My ideas for this Genius Hour Project are baking(something other than Fry’s Cocoa Brownies) and maybe embroidery(because I have a basic embroidery kit that I never started) and typing because I literally CAN NOT type.