Bread???

Okay so I am way frusterated! Every single time, and this is no exageration, EVERY time I attempt to make rolls, bread, cinnamon rolls, you name it, it does not work, they turn into dense dense and more dense lumps of who knows what!? Basically anything with yeast, flour, and active wheat gluten gives this girl hell. For one, they don't rise. Two, they are hard on the outside, and doughy in the middle. And worst of all, they are like friggin bolwing balls. They are SO dense. Wren kept calling the cinnamon rolls I made last night cinnamon chips sad huh? And for anyone who has or does make anything likes this knows it is a terribly long, dirty dishes/pans, flour everywhere, day long procedure so when it doesn't turn out it's a real pain in my you know what.... Will anyone help poor me? Any recipes? Advice? What the freaking heck people?