baked in less than 45 minutes, Gooey Monkey Bread is sweet and sticky, including butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and biscuit dough baked with buttermilk.
A popular holiday meal (and a Christmas morning ritual for many!) monkey bread is surprisingly simple to make with store-bought buttermilk biscuit dough and a few more cupboard staples like cinnamon, brown sugar, and unsalted butter.
Although the ingredients might not seem very exceptional, when combined, they create a sweet bread that tastes like a cross between a coffee cake and a dessert, held together by a caramel brown sugar combination.
From beginning to end, the recipe for monkey bread is kid-friendly. They love tearing it apart because the dough cooks up like dumplings. Kids may also assist with the dough; all you need to do to cut it into quarters for this recipe is use a plastic knife.
Want to add more handmade touches to this? You can always prepare the biscuits the night before for supper and store half of the dough in the fridge for the following morning.
To create this, you can use another pop-open can of dinner roll dough if your shop doesn’t carry biscuit dough. Although the traditional biscuit dough version’s flavor and texture are favored, you might not even realize that the dough has changed after you cover it in melted butter and cinnamon sugar.
Homemade Monkey Bread (From Scratch!)
Though you can certainly create this homemade monkey bread from scratch using the dough from our Lemon Blueberry Biscuits recipe, this recipe calls for store-bought biscuit dough. Simply tear the dough into the shape of biscuits, then proceed with the procedure as directed. Moreover, you may bake biscuits for supper with the leftover dough!
Tips for Making Monkey Bread
- Toss in a little maple syrup with the brown sugar and butter mixture, and when the monkey bread is done, sprinkle some fried bacon on top.
- When serving this bread for a holiday, sprinkle it with cinnamon and powdered sugar just before serving to add a festive touch. Alternatively, you may sprinkle some frosting over top and add chopped nuts.
- To make it simpler to turn the bread out onto a platter, use a nonstick bundt pan.
- You may save time by melting the butter in a small bowl in the microwave for one minute at a time, then whisking in the brown sugar until thoroughly incorporated before pouring it over the biscuit dough instead of mixing the two ingredients over the fire.
- If you do not own a bundt pan, you can still make this in a loaf pan by halving the cooking time and checking it approximately every 10 minutes until it is done.
How to Store Monkey Bread
- Serve: It’s preferable to serve this recipe right away from the oven. Allow it cool for five minutes before serving to allow the sugars to solidify and slightly cool.
- Store: Before it becomes too stale, you can keep this dish in the refrigerator for two to three days or at room temperature for an entire night in an airtight container. Microwave on low to gradually warm.
- Freeze: Tightly wrapped monkey bread can be frozen for a maximum of three to four weeks. Place in the fridge to defrost overnight. It is optimal to serve this warm, having defrosted beforehand. Cover with tinfoil and reheat in the oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the bread is well heated. This softens the butter and sugar combination, making it easier to tear apart the bread.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do they call it Monkey Bread?
Because the cake is composed of little dough pieces that are simple to tear apart with your hands, much like a monkey would eat it, this recipe is historically known as monkey bread.
It is also known as pinch-me cake, monkey puzzle bread, or golden dumpling cake. It is best served warm to make it easy to pull apart. This delicious bread is served on Christmas morning by many families.
How do you Make Caramel Sauce Monkey Bread?
For this monkey bread recipe, you may use a homemade caramel sauce in place of melting the butter and brown sugar together.
Can you refrigerate before baking?
Yes, you may put the monkey bread together completely, wrap it with plastic wrap, and store it in the fridge for the night. This is incredibly easy to prepare with store-bought dough. The yeast not rising too much and spoiling the dough is not a concern.
How do you store overnight after baking?
Tightly wrap the monkey bread in plastic wrap and leave it overnight at room temperature. After the dough has been cooked, we do not advise storing bread in the refrigerator since it will go stale more quickly.
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Gooey Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 3 12- ounce packages refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough each cut into quarters
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
Instructions
- Set oven temperature to 350 degrees. Place the sugar, cinnamon, and biscuit quarters in a ziplock bag and give it a good shake.
- Place the parts inside a bundt pan.
- Before pouring into the bundt pan, combine the butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil for one minute.
- Bake for 35–40 minutes, take out of the oven, and allow to cool for ten to fifteen minutes before covering the bottom of the bundt pan with a plate and turning it over to remove it.