Buns and Puns -- a pun loving, cinnamon roll fanatic's dream.

Cinnamon rolls are something that I hold closely to my heart. Growing up whenever it was raining or too cold to go outside to play, making a batch of cinnamon rolls was the go-to activity.

Filled with memories and high standards, due to the recipe that my family uses being handed down for 45+ years, finding a vegan/vegetarian option for these was nerve wrecking for me, as I was nervous I wouldn't find anything that I liked.

It wasn't until an hour or two searching that I ROLLed into the recipe that I found.

The fat content is minimal, but does use coconut oil, which is filled with saturated fat components, but due to the nature of the recipe not using eggs, as well as milk, I figured I may be in the clear when concerned about how much fat is really in the recipe.

The guideline has very specific steps -- ones that I did not follow closely because I grew up baking in "eh, a little more" measurements, i.e. we never used measuring cups, we went based off of look and texture of the dough.

The dough is somewhat sticky, but according to the recipe, it's suppose to be. In putting it onto my cutting board (as the instructions told me to), I found it to be seemingly too sticky and added a good amount of flour.

The instructions asked me to roll the dough out to 1/8 of an inch, something I questioned heavily as the dough was naturally very wet and sticky and I was worried about it tearing, but much to my pleasant surprise, it didn't.

The mix for the inside of the cinnamon rolls was simple and predictable -- cinnamon, sugar and butter, vegan butter to be exact. My little sister insisted in helping mix it (how sweet).

The end result of the recipe was something that set me off of my expectations, but in a good way.

The taste of the dough by itself was something simple, yet light, lighter than any of the cinnamon rolls that we had made with the recipe that was handed down, due to the almond flour used and the lack of fats. The after taste of the dough itself was nutty, like coconut oil. It was a nice compliment to the sweetness of the filling.

without the frosting, the buns looked sad, but were still worth it as their appearance was over run by the taste and lightness of the rolls themselves. In adding the cream cheese frosting, they resembled the cinnamon rolls that I knew from my child hood!