Monkey Bread
Servings 16 people
Monkey Bread is a pull-apart bread that’s insanely addictive! It’s made with soft biscuit dough that’s coated in cinnamon and sugar, loaded with pecans, and drenched in a sticky, sugary, butter sauce. The finishing touch is a drizzle of homemade vanilla icing.
Ingredients
Sauce
- ½ cup salted butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
Bread
- 2 (16 oz.) cans Grands homestyle biscuits OR 3 (12 oz.) cans
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a bundt pan with nonstick spray.
- In a small saucepan, make the sauce by melting the butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and milk over medium-high heat. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Cut the biscuits into quarters or sixths.
- Whisk together the sugar, cinnamon, and allspice and coat each biscuit piece in the cinnamon mixture and place in the bundt pan.
- Layer the biscuits in with the chopped pecans and the butter mixture. Finish with the butter mixture over the top and around the edges of the biscuits.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, when done the dough will puff up and become golden brown and crisp on top. And a toothpick inserted into the thickest part should come out clean.
- Remove from the oven and flip the monkey bread out onto a serving dish. Drizzle with vanilla icing, if desired.
Notes
- A couple of loaf pans or round cake pans work, too. However, I wouldn’t recommend using a tube pan.
- Want to cut the recipe in half? Halve the ingredients and bake in a loaf pan.
- Store it at room temperature for up to two days … if it even lasts that long!
- While you traditionally make Monkey Bread with biscuits, you can make Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread with canned cinnamon rolls instead.
Nutrition
Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 57mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 182IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
Find it online: www.sugarandsoul.co/easy-monkey-bread/