Katy chose this week’s Project Pastry Queen challenge: Jailhouse Potato Cinnamon Rolls, a potato-infused dough filled with brown sugar and pecans. And I blew it.

I don’t know what happened but right before my dough was supposed to be resting, I still had a pancake-like batter instead of dough. I’m a flour weigher and I know they don’t weigh their baked goodie flour at Rather Sweet. I’m not sure that would have made that much a difference.

I dumped every ounce of flour in the house into the mixer bowl, hoping that each extra half-cup would make a difference. It was like shooting a bb gun at a freight train. Or maybe sending a fourth grader straight at Brian Cushing? Copious amounts of flour later, including some of a bag of whole wheat I found hidden behind a box of girl scout cookies (those Caramel de Lites were therapy), I had an oddly textured cinnamon roll that tasted okay. The filling was great and they looked mostly okay. The dough itself? Eh.

Check out the other Project Pastry Queen members to see what Jailhouse Potato Cinnamon rolls are supposed to look like. Thanks Katy! These really kicked my butt 😛