{"id":26,"date":"2025-11-30T04:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2025-11-30T04:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:31:56","slug":"thanksgiving-baking-marathon-20-batches-of-rolls-and-cinnamon-rolls-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Baking Marathon: 20 Batches of Rolls and Cinnamon Rolls in One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The weekend after Thanksgiving is finally slowing down, and I\u2019m reflecting on one of my biggest baking projects yet. This year, I decided to make <strong>homemade dinner rolls and cinnamon rolls<\/strong> for five households\u201415 people in total. That meant over <strong>20 batches of dough<\/strong>, all baked in a single day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Recipe That Started It All<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a classic recipe from a <strong>Betty Crocker cookbook<\/strong>, a gift from my husband\u2019s mom years ago. No fancy twists\u2014just the tried-and-true original that never disappoints. Each family received a batch of rolls and a batch of cinnamon rolls to enjoy at home, plus extra rolls for our Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An 11-Hour Baking Marathon<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a quick project. It took <strong>11 hours of mixing, kneading, and baking<\/strong>, all in one marathon session. My girls helped sprinkle cinnamon and sugar, and we laughed together as the kitchen turned into a <strong>flour explosion<\/strong>. By <strong>12:30 a.m.<\/strong>, everything was baked and packaged in aluminum pans and zip-top bags for easy transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Smell of Fresh Bread<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The aroma of fresh bread filled the house, and I couldn\u2019t resist sampling a warm roll from my test batch. Everyone loved their treats, which made every late-night knead worth it. Honestly, I might make this an annual tradition\u2014and maybe add some <strong>special Christmas treats<\/strong> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why I Love Baking for the Holidays<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a lot of work, but baking brings people together. It creates memories, fills the house with warmth, and reminds me why I love doing this every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend after Thanksgiving is finally slowing down, and I\u2019m reflecting on one of my biggest baking projects yet. This year, I decided to make homemade dinner rolls and cinnamon rolls for five households\u201415 people in total. That meant over 20 batches of dough, all baked in a single day! The Recipe That Started It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adventureknox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}