| MONKEY BREAD | |
3 packages of buttermilk biscuit tubes 1 cup sugar (divided) 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup butter 1/2 cup brown sugar Take 3 packages of buttermilk biscuit tubes (10 per roll) and cut each roll into 4 pieces. Drop roll pieces into 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Drop sugar-coated pieces into a well buttered Bundt pan (don't squish roll pieces when placing them in the Bundt pan). Put 1/2 cup of the left-over sugar/cinnamon mix and 1/2 cup packed brown sugar and 1 cup of butter (2 sticks) into a small saucepan. Bring this mixture just to a boil; remove from heat immediately. Carefully drizzle over the roll pieces. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Cool slightly in an upright position, then tip pan over onto a plate to remove monkey pull-apart bread. | |
Or - The hard way (ala Martha Stewart)
Ingredients
- RECIPE
- Work Time: 45 Minutes
- Rising Time: 1 Hour
- Baking Time: 30 Minutes
- Total Time: 2 1/4 Hours
- FOR THE BREAD
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 3 1/4 cups flour
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar, plus pinch for yeast
- 3/4 cup milk, warmed
- 2 tablespoons shortening, plus more for pan and bowl
- 1 package yeast
- FOR THE COATING
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup light-brown sugar
- FOR THE ICING
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- TOOLS
- Mixing Bowls
- Liquid Measuring cups
- Dry Measuring cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Bundt pan, (10-inch)
- Mixer with dough hook
- Plastic wrap
- Bench Scraper, or butter knives
- *dough can also be kneaded by hand
Directions
- Put the warm water and a pinch of sugar in small bowl; sprinkle yeast over top. Stir; let the yeast soften and dissolve, about 5 minutes.
- Place shortening, warm milk, sugar, salt, and egg in mixer bowl. Grease Bundt pan and a medium bowl.
- Once yeast is dissolved and foamy, add it to mixer bowl; mix well with dough hook. Slowly add flour. Knead on medium-low 1 minute or by hand 5 minutes. Place in the greased bowl; cover with plastic. Set dough in warm place and let rest 20 minutes.
- Make coating: Put melted butter in a bowl. In another bowl, mix brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts; sprinkle 2 tablespoons of nut mixture in Bundt pan. Cut dough into 1/2-inch pieces. Roll into balls.
- Dip balls in butter, then roll in nut mixture; place in prepared Bundt pan.
- Cover with plastic wrap; let rise about 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes in pan.
- Turn bread out of pan; cool 20 minutes on rack or plate.
- Make icing: In small bowl, stir milk into confectioners' sugar. Drizzle over bread.
From Martha Stewart
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