Mother's Monkey Bread | 365 Days of Baking and Extra

By Lynne on Could 17, 2023 » 4 Feedback

You’ll love consuming my Mother’s Monkey Bread—small dough balls rolled in a cinnamon sugar combination, positioned right into a Bundt pan, and sprinkled with brown sugar and butter. It’s the excellent breakfast deal with or afternoon snack. The complete household loves the enjoyable of pulling it aside!

I discovered this recipe in my mom’s recipe field years in the past after she handed away, and I can’t consider I’d by no means made it till now. This scrumptious monkey bread is such a enjoyable recipe for youths as a result of they LOVE to tug the items of bread aside. Actually, I really like doing it too! It’s simply a lot enjoyable, and your fingers get all sticky from the cinnamon, sugar, and butter!

This sticky pull-apart bread is a superb deal with for Christmas morning or different vacation mornings. It’s additionally a enjoyable deal with for particular occasions like a child bathe. I tailored this recipe to maintain issues quite simple, however there are limitless variations if you wish to jazz it up slightly!

What’s Monkey Bread?

Monkey bread consists of some kind of bread dough, like biscuit dough, cinnamon rolls, and even do-it-yourself dough. These dough items are then rolled in a cinnamon-sugar combination, positioned in a greased Bundt pan, and drizzled with buttery brown sugar.

This enjoyable recipe is known as “monkey bread” since you decide it aside along with your fingers like a monkey would! That’s sort of a goofy title for this ooey-gooey deal with if you concentrate on it. You may additionally hear it referred to as bubble bread or pull-apart bread.

What elements do I want?

To make this straightforward monkey bread recipe, you solely want just a few easy elements:

2 loaves of Rhodes Bake-and-Serve bread, thawed
1 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons of cinnamon
1 cup packed gentle or darkish brown sugar
1 stick unsalted butter, melted

Preparing to roll pieces of bread dough in cinnamon sugar.

Learn how to make Monkey Bread

That is such a straightforward recipe! It might be so enjoyable and simple to make along with your children.

First, to thaw dough, spray a 9 X 13′-inch baking pan or dish with cooking spray. Place the 2 frozen loaves into it. Spray a sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place on prime of the loaves to forestall sticking because it thaws. Place on counter to rise / thaw for 4-7 hours, till dough is about 1 inch above the sting of the pan. Timing will depend upon the room temperature.
When able to bake, preheat your oven to 375 levels F. Then generously coat a 15-cup Bundt pan or tube pan with cooking spray and set it apart. You want a big bundt pan as a result of the dough will develop because it cooks.
Combine collectively the granulated sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Working in small batches, minimize the thawed bread loves into bite-size items of dough. Toss only some of the dough items into the cinnamon sugar combination at a time and coat totally. It will stop the dough from sticking collectively, as a result of it most actually will till it’s coated within the cinnamon sugar. It’s time consuming, however consider me it’s SO value it.
Place the small items in your ready pan to make a backside layer. Be certain the items are organized into a good layer so that you don’t have uneven monkey bread! Then, sprinkle 4 tablespoons of cinnamon sugar over the items.
Proceed including items layer by layer, sprinkling extra cinnamon sugar on prime of every consecutive layer till no extra stays. Sprinkle the cup of brown sugar excessive layer. End by spooning melted butter excessive.
Bake the monkey bread for 30-35 minutes or till golden brown, then take away it from the oven and place it on a wire rack to chill for 2-3 minutes. Tip the pan over onto a big serving platter or tray and let it sit for one more 2-3 minutes earlier than eradicating the pan.

This candy deal with is greatest when served heat!

Monkey Bread Variations

Wish to jazz up your monkey bread? Do that recipe for Apple Cinnamon Candy Roll Monkey Bread, made with apple cinnamon candy rolls and freshly diced apples.
Combine in raisins or nuts! Pecans go very well with the caramel sauce this recipe makes.
Make a savory model for dinner with garlic butter and cheese or your favourite pizza toppings!
Add recent fruit on prime of the monkey bread. Bananas, pineapples, or apple chunks are some nice selections!
Make chocolate monkey bread! Wrap every bit of dough round a chunk of chocolate earlier than persevering with with the recipe!
Make mini variations by dividing dough items rolled in cinnamon sugar into muffin tins, then drizzle the butter and brown sugar excessive. Bake for 12-Quarter-hour.

Butter covering the top of the brown sugar and pieces of bread dough.

Learn how to retailer leftover Monkey Bread

My household ate up each chunk of this after I made it for breakfast! Should you occur to have any of this scrumptious deal with left over, you’ll be able to retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge for 2-3 days. You may even freeze it by wrapping it in plastic wrap, then foil, and storing it within the freezer for as much as 3 months.

How do I reheat Monkey Bread?

You may reheat this bread in particular person parts by microwaving it for about 15 seconds. Or you’ll be able to reheat your entire factor in a heat oven (200 levels) coated in foil, for about 20 minutes or till heat all through.

Can I make Monkey Bread forward of time?

You may make this gooey dish forward of time and bake it when you find yourself able to serve it. I like to make this the evening earlier than, so I can simply get up and pop it within the oven for a fast, sizzling breakfast! Comply with the recipe as much as the purpose the place you’d put it within the oven. As a substitute, cowl it with foil or plastic wrap and retailer it within the fridge for as much as 12 hours.

Once you’re able to bake, preheat the oven as directed and proceed from there!

Extra Fast Bread Recipes

Should you like bread however don’t just like the time it takes for issues to rise, strive certainly one of these favourite recipes:

Melted brown sugar on cinnamon sugar bread dough.

Extra Breakfast Concepts

Nutella Knots are a good way to start out off your day! Puff pastry, chocolate, and hazelnuts kind these lovely dough knots!

Baked Cinnamon French Toast is certainly one of my favourite issues to make to feed a crowd or for a particular brunch!

In a single day Oats are all the craze, and also you’ll love these Almond Banana In a single day Oats!

These Strawberry Danish Hearts are beautiful and scrumptious! They’re excellent for birthdays, anniversaries, or Valentine’s Day!

I really like a superb scone, and these Lemon Poppy Seed Scones match the invoice! They’re so citrusy, candy and tender, you’ll wish to eat multiple!

Pieces of bread dough with cinnamon sugar, brown sugar and butter.

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Mother’s Monkey Bread

Prep Time 30

Cook dinner Time 35

Whole Time 8 5

You’ll love consuming my Mother’s Monkey Bread—small dough balls rolled in a cinnamon sugar combination, positioned right into a Bundt pan, and sprinkled with brown sugar and butter. It’s the excellent breakfast deal with or afternoon snack. The complete household loves the enjoyable of pulling it aside!

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Directions

To thaw dough, spray a 9 X 13′-inch baking pan or dish with cooking spray. Place the 2 frozen loaves into it. Spray a sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place on prime of the loaves to forestall sticking because it thaws. Place on counter to rise/thaw for 4-7 hours, till dough is about 1 inch above the sting of the pan. Timing will depend upon the room temperature. Or see Word.
When able to assemble, preheat oven to 375 levels F.
Generously coat a 15-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, combine collectively the granulated sugar and cinnamon.
Minimize bread loves into 1-inch items. Do just a few slices at a time as a result of because it continues to rise and thaw, the dough will stick collectively making it troublesome to separate.
Utilizing solely about 4 items of dough at a time, toss the items into the cinnamon sugar combination and coat totally. It’s a bit time consuming doing it this manner, however it’s one of the simplest ways to forestall all of the dough from sticking collectively, and it’ll till every bit is coated within the cinnamon sugar.
Distribute items evenly into ready Bundt pan. It does not must be neat, however make certain they’re all organized in a good layer, in order that it bakes evenly
After you have got created the underside layer, sprinkle 4 tablespoons of cinnamon sugar over them. Sprinkle extra cinnamon sugar on prime of every consecutive layer till no extra stays.
Sprinkle brown sugar on prime of the final layer.
Spoon butter excessive.
Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Place pan on a wire rack to chill upright for 2-3 minutes.
Tip over onto a big serving plate or tray and permit to sit down for a further 2-3 minutes earlier than eradicating the pan.

Notes

Word: The thawing time of the dough might be wherever from 4-7 hours relying on the temperature of your kitchen. You could possibly additionally thaw it within the fridge in a single day for no less than 12 hours earlier than assembling.

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This recipe was initially revealed on 3/13/2014. It has been up to date in format and with footage on 5/17/2023.

Mom's Monkey Bread - a fun pull-apart cinnamon sugar treat everyone's sure to love!