200 cinnamon rolls, please!
That was the order for Saturday's bakers under the guidance of Elina Kokko from Finland.
Elina writes:
Saturday might have been a rainy day in Watamu but it was warm and
cheerful in the Happy House kitchen.
Me and my husband Joona are living here in
Watamu while we go through the adoption process, waiting for our little Kenyan boy Marius to be
legally ours.
Marius goes to Happy House School’s baby class and we have been spending time in Happy House with the kids quite often.
We were given a chance
to come to Happy House on a skills day to bake with the kids.
We decided to bake the cinnamon rolls as they are the staple of Finnish
cuisine, and all the ingredients are available also here in Kenya.
We asked
Mama Sue if we could bake, not only for the kids in the baking club, but for
everybody in the Happy House. So, that morning we loaded the tuk-tuk with
baking supplies and rolled up our sleeves with 200 cinnamon rolls in mind!
Marius was happy to have whole morning to play with the other little ones.
The children were divided in four teams, and each team mixed their own
dough for 50 pieces of rolls. All the teams followed the recipe very carefully
and were very efficient, so four big bowls of dough were resting under a tea
towel in no time at all.
While the dough was rising the kids were helping
Auntie Ester to prepare lunch and do some cleaning in the kitchen. Soon
it was time to create the rolls. It was not the easiest task with the sticky
and floppy dough but all the teams succeeded extremely well!
However, it took some time to bake all 200 cinnamon rolls in the oven.
Meanwhile we had good time to clean the kitchen and sing some songs together.
We saw many little heads impatiently peeking from the kitchen door as the whole
Happy House was filled with delicious cinnamon scent. Finally the last baking
tray of steaming hot cinnamon rolls came out from the oven and it was time to
taste – for everybody. The cinnamon rolls vanished fast in to the mouths of the
children.
We were truly impressed by the kids. Everybody
were involved and worked so nicely and happily together.
We had such a fun
morning and left Happy House with smiles on our faces.
Thank you, we wish
to bake together soon again!
