The next Baking Club project: homemade cinnamon rolls

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The past month has basically been a bust. I've cancelled 2 meetings and a bake sale because no one wanted to participate. Maybe part of that was due to the holidays. I don't know. Anyway I posted in the Google Classroom asking for suggestions, giving suggestions for projects, etc. A few members said they wanted to learn how to make homemade cinnamon rolls. Yes we can do that but it will take 2 days back to back and I will have to make the dough here in advance because it has to knead in the stand mixer for 20-25 minutes. Actually I can probably do it at work that day on my lunch. That might be a better idea. There's no way we could mix it up, do that, and then also make the frosting and cinnamon pecan filling. So they can do the latter 2 and I'll do the dough the night before. They can roll out the dough, spread the filling and nuts, roll and cut them on the first day. They have to proof in the fridge overnight and they can bake/frost them the following day. I'm going to have to bring in the 2 KitchenAid stand mixers I have so groups can do both the frosting and filling at once. I'll have to also bring in my rolling pin, 8x3 round cake pans, a couple of large ziploc bags, plastic wrap, a chef's knife, and of course all of the ingredients that aren't in the dough. We shall see how this goes. If it is a small group I think we can get it done. I hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew. One of the challenges will be the weather. The plan is to do it Monday/Tuesday after school but if there's no school we can either do Tues/Wed or the following Mon/Tues. I just have to get feedback from the members as to what works better for them.