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Description
A classic monkey bread recipe featuring soft, pull-apart dough coated in cinnamon and brown sugar, baked with a sweet glaze. Perfect for breakfast or dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (12 ounce) package refrigerated biscuit dough, cut into quarters
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a bundt pan.
- In a small bowl, combine granulated sugar and cinnamon.
- Dip each biscuit piece into the melted butter, then roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Arrange the coated biscuit pieces in the prepared bundt pan.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar and pecans (if using) over the biscuit pieces.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.
- Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.
- While the monkey bread is cooling, whisk together powdered sugar and milk to create a glaze.
- Drizzle the glaze over the warm monkey bread.
Notes
- For a cream cheese version, add dollops of cream cheese between biscuit pieces before baking.
- Ensure biscuits are fully coated in butter and cinnamon-sugar for best flavor.
- Adjust baking time based on your oven.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert/Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8th of recipe
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 40g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 65g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
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