Cinnamon Roll

   Last Friday, Ms Natalie taught us how to make cinnamon rolls and the types of bread we usually eat.Cinnamon Roll was originally from Sweden. It is also a type of sweet roll. Dough, cinnamon and sugar are the main ingredients to make Cinnamon rolls. The ingredients to make cinnamon rolls are some milk, cinnamon, cream, some butter, sugar, vanilla essence, salt, yeast and some eggs. As Ms. Natalie had prepared the ingredients, we started right away.

  First, we started by pouring some milk, and putting some butter, sugar, salt and vanilla essence into a small pot. Next, we warmed the pot on a stove on small fire.  We couldn’t heat it too long, as we don’t want to warm it, we just wanted to melt the butter. 

Meanwhile, we measure half the flour into the bowl of a stand mixer along with the yeast. Later, we add the warm melted milk butter mixture to the flour. Then, we took turns to beat the mixture with a mixer. We had to beat until it is smooth. Next, we add the eggs one at a time, while beating it until smooth before we proceed to the next step. Later, Ms. Natalie switched the hook to a dough hook and added the remaining flour.

Next, we took turns to blend the dough. After blending the mixture, Ms. Natalie stopped the mixer and began to knead the dough until it was a soft dough that is no longer sticky to the touch. This process took about five minutes. Later, Ms. Natalie separates the dough into two and put them into two glass containers to proof. She also covered them with a cloth to let them stay dry. As the dough will need an hour or more to proof.

The bread ready to proof or expand.

 

 

 

 

 Ms. Natalie taught us the types of bread we usually eat. This was the list of bread we learnt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bagel

 

 It was originally from Europe. It is usually boiled first before it is baked.

 

 

 

Baguette

 

 Also known as French Loaf. It was originally from France. A usual baguette is about       65cm (26in) long but can go up to a meter (40in) l ong.

 

 

 

 Breadsticks

 

 It was originally from Italy. Pre-made, dried breadsticks may sometimes be sold in markets as a kind of snack, somewhat similar to a cracker.

 

 

 

 Challah

 

It is a Jewish bread. Challah is a special Jewish braided bread eaten on Sabbath and holidays. Each single loaf is woven with six strands. Together, both loaves have twelve which represent each tribe of Israel.

 

 

 

Chapati

 

It was originally from India. Small portions of the dough are rolled out into discs. The rolled-out dough is thrown on the preheated dry skillet and cooked on both sides. And then put directly on a high flame, which makes it blow up like a balloon. The hot air cooks the chapati rapidly from the inside.

 

 Ciabatta bread

 

This bread comes from Italy.

 

 

 

 Cornbread

 

This bread came from the United States.

 

 

 

 Croissant

 

Its originally from France.

 

 

 

 Foccacia

 

 It comes from Italy.

 

 

 

 Hot Cross Buns

 

 They are from Britain.

 

 

 

 The ManTou

 

It came from China.

 

 

 

 Monkey Bread

 

 It is from the United States.

 

 

 

 Pita Bread

 

Originally came from the Middle East.

 

 

 

Pretzels

 

Originally came from Europe. It has been said that an Italian monk invented pretzels as a reward to children who learn their prayers. He calls the strips of baked dough, folded to resemble arms crossing the chest, 'pretiola'.

 

 

 

After Ms Natalie finished her talk about the breads we ate every day, she then continued on making the cinnamon rolls.After proofing for one and a half hours, the dough has expanded to its limit and it is time do make our own cinnamon rolls! Before kneading the dough, we had to make the filling and the glaze for the cinnamon rolls. It took some time for us to finish them.  

 

Later, Ms Natalie distributed one small piece of dough to each of us. Then she told us to roll our dough into flat-rectangle shape dough. It was hard to roll the dough as it was sticky, so we had to put some flour on our hands and on the dough to make it less sticky. After some errors, i decided to use a cup to roll. Eventually, it worked! My idea was a success. Later, Ms. Natalie spread the filling and glaze that we made into the cinnamon rolls. Then, I put some toppings like raisins, chocolate chip, colorful sprinkles and chocolate sprinkles on my cinnamon roll. Next, I slowly roll the dough up and then cut it into two pieces. After that, Ms Natalie told us to put over cinnamon rolls into the oven pan. Before baking, Ms Natalie spread some oil on the cinnamon rolls then she close the cover of the oven and let it bake.

 

 After baking for an hour, the cinnamon rolls were finally done! I was so excited to taste my own cinnamon roll that I made, as the cinnamon smell filled the entire place. When it was my turn to take my cinnamon rolls, I was shocked as they were very beautiful because of the sprinkles made them colorful. Before I ate my cinnamon rolls, Ms. Natalie came to me and told me that my cinnamon roll looks very good and congratulate me. When I bit the cinnamon roll, I was crying because it was too delicious. I had never had a dish that was so delicious.

 

 

 

Lastly, I would like to thank Ms Natalie who had spent so much time to prepare the ingredients and taught us how to make this delicious cinnamon rolls. I really wished that I could share this delicious cinnamon rolls recipe with my friends and relatives.