Monkey Bread
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Buttery, sticky, sweet and sinfully delicious, you’re going to love this pull-apart Monkey Bread! Made with a handful of kitchen staple ingredients, this easy, delicious and fun bread is perfect for holiday mornings or a yummy treat for anytime of the year!
Monkey Bread
This delicious sweet breakfast goes by many names: bubble loaf, sticky bread, coffee cake, monkey brains, but today we are going with the most common, Monkey Bread! This is an easy, delicious and super fun recipe. Using refrigerated biscuits, along with a handful of other ingredients you will most likely already have at home, we can create a unique, delightful, sweet and sticky dessert that is made to be messy!
What makes this breakfast treat simple to make is the use of refrigerated biscuits instead of making dough from scratch! This really does take all the guesswork out for you. The final result, whether breakfast or dessert, is buttery, sweet, sticky and the perfect shareable snack.
Ingredient Notes
- Refrigerated Biscuits – I used 3 cans total (10 in each can) of Pillsbury Country Biscuits.
- Sugar – We will be using both granulated and brown sugar!
- Cinnamon – Ground cinnamon.
- Butter – I used unsalted butter, but salted butter works too. Since there is a lot of butter in this recipe, you won’t need to grease your pan!
How To Make Monkey Bread
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Prep the Biscuits: Cut each biscuit into quarters. In a large ziploc bag, add the granulated sugar, cinnamon and mix well. Add the biscuit pieces to the bag. I added them all together but if you’re afraid they are going to stick add a few at a time. Close the ziploc bag and shake until each piece is fully coated in the cinnamon sugar. Add the biscuit pieces to a 12 cup bundt pan.
- Make Glaze: In a saucepan melt the butter and add the brown sugar to it. Once the butter is melted and the sugar fully dissolved, pour it over the biscuit pieces in the bundt pan.
- Bake: Transfer the bundt pan to the preheated oven and bake for about 45 minutes, or until the top is dark brown.
- Cool and Serve: Let the monkey bread cool in the bundt pan for 5 minutes before flipping it onto a serving dish. Let it cool for another 5 minutes before serving.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is Monkey Bread?
This sticky, soft, pull apart treat consists of a hodgepodge of biscuits pieces all baked together either with a glaze or batter. Monkey bread also goes by many names, monkey brains, bubble bread, or pull apart bread. But no matter the name, one thing is for sure. It’s a sinfully delicious sweet bread that everyone will love and enjoy eating.
Can I Make My Own Biscuit Dough For This Recipe?
I always say that fresh is best! I made this recipe the easiest possible, but I do have a perfect recipe right here on the blog for biscuits! You can drop the dough in raw and bake just as instructed in the recipe above.
How To Serve
Now if you wonder why this may be called monkey brains or monkey bread, the only explanation I’ve got is that the actual act of people pulling at this bread is similar to monkey behavior! Not that this is bad in any way, that is the intent on how to eat this. It’s fun to pull at this bread and enjoy the sticky and sweet combination. It’ll make you feel like a kid again! Trust me.
Expert Tips
- You can add all of the biscuit pieces together in one bag, but if you’re afraid they are going to stick, add a few at a time. I added them all and it turned out just fine!
- Make sure to shake the bag until each biscuit piece is fully coated in the cinnamon sugar.
- Don’t worry about buttering the bundt pan, there is plenty of butter in the recipe so it’s not needed!
- Place the bundt pan on a baking sheet before placing it in the oven, just in case there’s any caramel spilling over the edges.
- If you want to make your bread even MORE of a sinful treat, Some drizzled chocolate sauce would go beautifully over top, Nutella, maybe a sprinkle of powdered sugar, some shaved chocolate, vanilla icing, and a dollop of whipped cream.
Storing
Don’t store the monkey bread in the fridge, it does far better and stays more moist right on the counter! It will keep covered for 3 – 4 days.
Freezing
You can store your monkey bread in an airtight container for up to 3 months in the freezer!
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Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 3 tubes refrigerated biscuits (10 in each tube)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup butter (salted or unsalted)
- ½ cup brown sugar
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Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Prep the Biscuits: Cut each biscuit into quarters. In a large ziploc bag, add the granulated sugar, cinnamon and mix well. Add the biscuit pieces to the bag. I added them all together but if you're afraid they are going to stick add a few at a time. Close the ziploc bag and shake until each piece is fully coated in the cinnamon sugar. Add the biscuit pieces to a 12 cup bundt pan.
- Make Glaze: In a saucepan melt the butter and add the brown sugar to it. Once the butter is melted and the sugar fully dissolved, pour it over the biscuit pieces in the bundt pan.
- Bake: Transfer the bundt pan to the preheated oven and bake for about 45 minutes, or until the top is dark brown.
- Cool and Serve: Let the monkey bread cool in the bundt pan for 5 minutes before flipping it onto a serving dish. Let it cool for another 5 minutes before serving.
Equipment
Notes
- You can add all of the biscuit pieces together in one bag, but if you’re afraid they are going to stick, add a few at a time. I added them all and it turned out just fine!
- Make sure to shake the bag until each biscuit piece is fully coated in the cinnamon sugar.
- Don’t worry about buttering the bundt pan, there is plenty of butter in the recipe so it’s not needed!
- Place the bundt pan on a baking sheet before placing it in the oven, just in case there’s any caramel spilling over the edges.
- If you want to make your bread even MORE of a sinful treat, Some drizzled chocolate sauce would go beautifully over top, Nutella, maybe a sprinkle of powdered sugar, some shaved chocolate, vanilla icing, and a dollop of whipped cream.
- Don’t store the monkey bread in the fridge, it does far better and stays more moist right on the counter! It will keep covered for 3 – 4 days.
- You can store your monkey bread in an airtight container for up to 3 months in the freezer!
- Originally published March 2012.
Nutrition Information
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