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This traditional monkey bread recipe is made with buttermilk biscuits baked in a buttery, gooey, irresistible cinnamon sugar sauce. Simple to make with 5 easy components with minimal prep time!

Now that we’re residing within the Land of Canned Biscuits once more (a.okay.a. the US), I’ve fortunately resumed one among my favourite vacation baking traditions — weekend monkey bread! ♡

We all the time needed to put within the additional time to make do-it-yourself biscuits from scratch for monkey bread whereas we have been residing in Barcelona. It was, in fact, scrumptious, however not fairly the straightforward and nostalgic model I grew up with. On a lazy December morning, I a lot favor to hit the ‘simple button’ and let Pillsbury do a lot of the work for me.

So for anybody else who additionally craves this throwback candy deal with this time of yr, I assumed I’d repost the tried-and-true monkey bread recipe that I’ve been making for the previous 20 years. It’s made with simply 5 easy components — canned buttermilk biscuits, melted butter, brown sugar, white sugar and cinnamon — and it’s all the time so enjoyable and simple to assemble. (Much more particular for us proper now with cute little toddler fingers to assist!)

I’ve included some additional choices beneath for numerous methods to customise the recipe by including in nuts, chocolate chips, or dried fruit. Or you can even by no means go flawed with an additional cream cheese drizzle on prime. Nonetheless you make it, I promise this gooey candy deal with is all the time a winner. So seize some biscuits and let’s make some monkey bread collectively!

Monkey Bread Elements

Listed below are a couple of fast notes concerning the monkey bread components you’ll need to make this recipe:

• Buttermilk biscuits: You’ll want two massive (16-ounce) cans of store-bought biscuits for this recipe. I grew up all the time making this recipe with traditional Pillsbury Grands buttermilk biscuits, however be happy to make use of no matter different taste you like (the honey butter can also be delish). You can additionally use the flaky-style biscuits too!
• Sugars: We’ll use white granulated sugar right here to create a yummy cinnamon-sugar combine to dip the biscuit items, plus brown sugar to soften into our butter sauce.
• Cinnamon: I all the time grew up making monkey bread with cinnamon sugar, however be happy to sub in another warming spices or blends you would possibly like right here too. (Pumpkin pie spice, for instance, could be scrumptious!)
• Butter: I’ve written this recipe utilizing salted butter to assist season the recipe. However in the event you solely have unsalted butter readily available, merely soften a further 1/4 teaspoon fantastic sea salt with the butter.

How To Make Monkey Bread

Step-by-step directions are included within the recipe beneath, however listed here are 5 additional ideas to remember when making do-it-yourself monkey bread:

1. Use a bundt pan. There’s a cause that monkey bread is historically made in bundt or tube pans. The design of the pan permits the biscuits to cook dinner evenly (avoiding an undercooked heart) and ensures additional gooey, caramelized eges.
2. Liberally grease the pan. That gooey cinnamon sugar coating is scrumptious however undoubtedly tries onerous to stay to the pan! To make sure that the monkey bread simply releases and maintains its cute form as soon as the pan is inverted, you’ll want to use cooking spray to mist each single nook and cranny earlier than including the dough.
3. Minimize the biscuits evenly. This ensures that every dough chew will cook dinner evenly and get coated with loads of cinnamon sugar. You’ll be able to both separate the biscuits individually and slice them into quarters, or save time and simply slice all the stack of biscuits (nonetheless of their cylinder form from the can) into quarters.
4. Let cool barely earlier than inverting. This helps the caramel sauce to thicken barely in order that the monkey bread holds collectively as soon as it has been inverted.
5. Don’t fear about perfection. If a couple of items persist with the pan, hakuna matata. Simply scoop them out and stick them again on prime of the monkey bread. It’ll nonetheless be scrumptious!

Monkey Bread Variations

Listed below are a couple of enjoyable monkey bread recipe variations that you simply’re welcome to attempt too:

• Add nuts, chocolate chips or caramel bits: Layer chopped toasted pecans or walnuts, semisweet chocolate chips, or caramel bits in with the biscuits.
• Add a cream cheese glaze: Drizzle a cream cheese glaze on prime for a tangy-sweet end! Simply whisk collectively 4 ounces softened cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1-2 tablespoons milk till the glaze reaches a drizzle consistency.
• Use canned cinnamon rolls: To up the cinnamon taste much more, use canned cinnamon rolls rather than the biscuits. (Simply you’ll want to use 32 ounces of canned cinnamon rolls — chances are you’ll must buy 3 cans relying on how a lot every weighs.)

Extra Enjoyable Breakfast Favorites

Listed below are a couple of extra enjoyable and easy breakfast recipes that we all the time get pleasure from:

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