Husband Tom is a big fan of those little sweet Hawaiian rolls that you can buy at the grocery store in a four pack and I occasionally pick them up for him. I did a little research on the rolls and found numerous recipes for a Samoan bun called Pani Popo. Many of the recipes called for frozen bun dough or refrigerated biscuit dough but I had a recipe for a savory bun dough from an archived La Cucina Italiana magazine that I converted to sweet. What makes these buns special is the coconut sauce poured over before baking resulting in a little "sweet" sauce on the bottom of the bun. They're great with coffee or tea and fresh strawberries.

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