Cinnamon Rolls from Everything on a Waffle

My class was reading the book, Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath. The main character, 11-year-old Primrose Squarp, learns to cook from her neighbor (Kate Bowzer). One of the recipes Primrose learns to make is homemade cinnamon rolls. Since it had been recently announced that I would be on Top Chef Jr., my teachers and friends asked me to prepare cinnamon rolls for them according to Ms. Bowzer's recipe. This was the perfect opportunity to showcase my culinary skills! 

Here are a few pictures of me preparing the treat!  While the dough was rising, I scooted off to dancing class (hence the costume change) and when I returned I finished preparing this delicious snack! I'm happy to report that everyone in my class enjoyed the cinnamon rolls - at least that's what they said! 

If you're interested in making Ms. Bowzer's delicious cinnamon rolls, see the excerpt from the book below for the recipe and ingredients.

Recipe EXCERPT FROM Everything on a waffle:

Check your yeast and make sure the expiration date hasn't come and gone. Then pour a quarter cup of lukewarm water into a mixing bowl and put a teaspoon of sugar into it.  Put 2 tsp of yeast into the sugar water and let it fizz up for 10 minutes. If it doesn't get all excited but just lies there like mud, dump it and start over. Add 2 large beaten eggs, 1/2 cup of milk, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of flour, and 1 tsp vanilla and mix. Stir in 2 1/2 cups of flour.

Put the mixture on a floured surface and knead 1 stick of soft butter into the dough. (This is messy business.) TO knead anything turn the dough one quarter turn, fold it in half toward yourself and kind of pound it down and forward with the heels of your hands. When it seems to be getting sticky, throw more flour on it. You keep doing this endlessly it seems or for 10 minutes, whichever comes first. Put the dough in a buttered bowl, cover it with a cloth and let it rise untiled double in bulk. 

Then, punch it down, roll it out and spread the dough with melted butter. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon all over it until it is covered and then roll it up into a tube. Slice it so that you have about 1-inch pieces. Then put these on a baking sheet and cover with a cloth and let rise again. Bake it in a 350-degree oven for about half an hour or so.

Take powdered sugar and butter and milk. Miss Bowzer didn’t give me very clear directions on this. She said just mix it up so that it looks like icing and I did, using about ¼ cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, and a few drops of milk, but she said proportions here aren’t crucial. Spread it in little gobs over the hot cinnamon rolls. It will melt all over them and be completely delicious.