Monkey Bread

We LOVE Monkey Bread!

As a matter of fact, we love it so much that we could rename this time of year as "The Twelve Days of Monkey Bread" rather than "The Twelve Days of Christmas."  We've already made it four separate times since the beginning of the month.

Here's the recipe that we favor:

Mix and Set Aside:
3 1/4 Cups - All Purpose Flour
2 tsp. Salt
Prepare:
1 C. Milk
1/3 C. Water
(Bring the water and milk to 110 degrees)
Add 1/4 C. White Sugar and dissolve in the milk. 
Add 1 packet Rapid Rise yeast
Add 2 Tbs. Melted Butter

Add the flour and salt mixture, 

and mix the above ingredients for 7 minutes at a dough mix setting.

Knead a few times, place in a bowl (sprayed with cooking spray), 

and let rise in a warm oven (less than 200 degrees) until it doubles in size.

Mix together: 1 C. light brown sugar and 2 tsp. Cinnamon

Cut the raised dough in small pieces (approximately 100 - 120)

Melt  2 Tbs. butter

Dip each piece in the melted butter, and then dip in the sugar mixture.

 Place every piece in a Bundt pan (sprayed with cooking spray),

 and let rise again until it's about an inch from the top of pan (50 - 60 minutes).

 Bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes (don’t over bake).

Let set for 5 minutes.

 Drizzle glaze (1 Cup powdered sugar and 2 Tbs. milk) over the entire pan.

ENJOY!

If you want a faster and easier version, try this:

Monkey Bread

Ingredients:

4 cans refrigerated biscuits
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter (3/4 cup)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 Tablespoons cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9-10 inch tube pan.

2. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a medium sized plastic bag. Cut the biscuits into halves or quarters and place six to eight biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix.
Shake well.

3. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the greased pan.
Continue layering until all the biscuit pieces are coated and in the pan.

4. In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat.
Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the layered biscuits.

5. Bake for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. 

Add icing (see directions above).

Pull apart and enjoy!