monkey bread

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » August 13, 2006 2:43 pm

is very good stuff. has anybody made it here? We used to when we were kids and I want to make it for a group tonight. Anybody have a recipe they've used?

pbans · Post by **pbans** » August 13, 2006 2:48 pm

We always make the cheater kind with pillsbury biscuits......it's pretty good!

MONKEY BREAD

4 pkgs. Pillsbury rolls (not buttermilk)
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. cinnamon
1/2 lb. butter
2 tbsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. sugar
Chopped Pecans or Walnuts (about a cup)

Separate rolls and cut each into fourths. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup cinnamon. Roll pieces in this mix. Melt butter and stir in 2 tablespoons cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar.
Grease Bundt pan. Place half of biscuits in pan, then half of melted mixture, half of the chopped nuts then remaining biscuits, remaining melted mixture and remaining nuts. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Turn over pan and eat while warm. Pull apart with fingers.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » August 13, 2006 2:50 pm

awesome, that's what I was looking for with the biscuits. We actually had a family open a monkeybread place on the boardwalk here a couple years ago. They top them with cream cheese frosting.

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » August 13, 2006 3:52 pm

the cheater way?..that's not cheating...that's smart!

I didn't know there was any other way to fix Monkey Bread than with canned biscuits...

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 13, 2006 3:53 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:awesome, that's what I was looking for with the biscuits. We actually had a family open a monkeybread place on the boardwalk here a couple years ago. They top them with cream cheese frosting.

sounds yummy

pbans · Post by **pbans** » August 13, 2006 4:05 pm

Moonie wrote:the cheater way?..that's not cheating...that's smart!

I didn't know there was any other way to fix Monkey Bread than with canned biscuits...

My grandma used to make it from scratch.....it was really good, but it took all day!

dnw · Post by **dnw** » August 13, 2006 4:30 pm

Gorilla Bread (Monkey Bread's cousin)

1/2 c. granulated sugar
3 t. cinnamon
1/2 c. butter
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
2 12 oz. can refrigerated biscuits
1 1/2 c. chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a bundt pan with nonstick spray. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon. In a pan, melt butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside. Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes. Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 t. cinnamon sugar. Place cream cheese cube in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese. Sprinkle 1/2 c. of the nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Place half of the prepared biscuits in the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, pour half of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/2 c. of nuts. Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 c. of nuts. Bake for approx. 50 min. Remove from oven and cool for 5 min. Place plate on top and invert.

Some people put chocolate kisses in the biscuits instead of cream cheese.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » August 13, 2006 4:39 pm

I'm eating Hawaiian bread this afternoon... Just made spinach dip for a back-to-school cook-out with friends, and scooped out the bread bowl to put it in. It's yummy!

dean_siu · Post by **dean_siu** » August 13, 2006 5:05 pm

My grandma used to make monkey bread with loafs of frozen bread....I don't have a recipe, but I'm guessing its not much different the version with biscuits.

I had forgotten all about this until seeing this thread....I'll have to whip up a batch one of these weekends.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » August 14, 2006 12:18 pm

Monkey Bread is AWESOME!!! Now I'm craving some

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » August 14, 2006 12:22 pm

ph4ever wrote:Monkey Bread is AWESOME!!! Now I'm craving some

No kidding! I've got the whole office drooling with the thought. (And trying to guilt me into bringing some in tomorrow!)

LastWomanStanding · Post by **LastWomanStanding** » August 14, 2006 12:24 pm

*drool* I love Monkey Bread!

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » August 14, 2006 12:50 pm

you can make it worst like our local shop does and top it with cream cheese frosting.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » August 14, 2006 1:01 pm

Is this a city or country type of food? or is it regional.... cause I have never heard of it... but it sounds familiar

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » August 14, 2006 1:10 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:Is this a city or country type of food? or is it regional.... cause I have never heard of it... but it sounds familiar

The first time I had it was in a city in the south. However I have also seen it sold in stores here in the Seattle area.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » August 14, 2006 1:13 pm

ph4ever wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:Is this a city or country type of food? or is it regional.... cause I have never heard of it... but it sounds familiar
The first time I had it was in a city in the south. However I have also seen it sold in stores here in the Seattle area.

I am sure I have seen it... from the sounds of the recipie.... just not the name....

Post by **SMLCHNG** » August 14, 2006 1:49 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:Is this a city or country type of food? or is it regional.... cause I have never heard of it... but it sounds familiar

Ditto, again.

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » August 14, 2006 2:28 pm

SMLCHNG wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:Is this a city or country type of food? or is it regional.... cause I have never heard of it... but it sounds familiar
Ditto, again.

Think of it as a Southern cousin to the sticky cinammon bun. You have just gained a half pound reading this.

(FYI, I'm scooting this into the Recipes and Boat Drinks forum).

pbans · Post by **pbans** » August 14, 2006 2:32 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:Is this a city or country type of food? or is it regional.... cause I have never heard of it... but it sounds familiar

Here they call them "Pull Aparts", but it's the same thing......

baybreeze · Post by **baybreeze** » August 14, 2006 2:35 pm

ph4ever wrote:Monkey Bread is AWESOME!!! Now I'm craving some

Me, too. I'm already planning a stop to pick up the ingredients so I can make some tonight