Raw Cinnamon Rolls

I have been so hungry since we returned from our trip to Nova Scotia. I don't know if it's a depression hunger from having to leave the most beautiful place on earth, or a happy to be home with my kids hunger. Either way I have been a bottomless pit. Going to have to double up the workouts!! :)

One food I have been craving with a vengeance since our dietary/life changes is Cinnamon Rolls!! It goes without saying they have lately been on my mind.  Yesterday afternoon I went to one of my favorite GF/ Veg/ Raw blogs to come up with something new to make for dinner and as my eyes were scanning her recipes they hit Cinnamon Rolls. YES!!!

This was one of those rare occasions where I had everything I needed to make them already. So naturally I got to work on those instead of dinner.

RAW CINNAMON ROLLS
(only slightly altered from This Rawsome Vegan Life - I highly recommend trying her out, everything she posts is amazing and she is hilarious!!)

DOUGH:

1/2 C GF oats
1/2 C buckwheat groats
10 pitted dates
pinch of salt
1/2 t vanilla
1 T water
dash of cinnamon

COCONUT FROSTING:

3/4 C coconut manna
2 T melted coconut oil
2 T maple syrup
1/2 t vanilla
1-2 T lemon juice
add water as needed to reach preferred consistency ( my girls like thick frosting)

CARAMEL FILLING: ( this stuff should be illegal except its good for you!!)

6-8 pitted dates
1/4 C coconut water
cinnamon to taste

Pulse oats and groats to make a rough flour. Add other dough ingredients until it begins to stick together. Roll it out into a 1/4 cm thick square on parchment paper. Place in fridge for 1-2 hours until able to cut in strips and roll, without crumbling apart.

To make frosting blend all the ingredients together until it reaches your preferred consistency. The more you blend it becomes nice and runny but we like it thick. Set aside.

Blend all filling ingredients together until a nice thick paste forms. Set aside.

Remove dough from fridge and lay on flat surface. Use pizza cutter ( if your like me and that's all you have) and cut into strips. Spread the caramel filling on each piece evenly, roll them up gently. Only one of mine tried to break in half, just don't be in a rush, which is hard because you just want to eat it. Depending on your frosting preference, drizzle on on spread on frosting. DEVOUR WITH GRATITUDE!! Now you can have your cinnamon roll and eat it too!!

My girls LOVED these!! They were so suprised at how wonderfully sweet and chewy they were. This recipe only made 5 of them. I could have eaten five. Please do yourself a favor and double the recipe. My girls are begging me to make these for our special Chrsitmas morning treat. How's that for confirmation???