This easy monkey bread is warm, gooey, cinnamon-sugar goodness you’ll want to swing back for. Soft biscuit bites and buttery brown sugar cozy together into a tower of sweet pieces just begging to be pulled apart.
Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: A sweet combination of warm cinnamon, walnuts, butter, and brown sugar…what could be better with a cup of morning coffee?
- Difficulty: This easy monkey bread recipe is perfect for teaching baking skills to little bakers, with only a few ingredients and steps.
- Technique: No special technique is needed. Just roll small balls of dough in a cinnamon brown sugar mixture, add the coated biscuit pieces to the pan, bake, and this pull-apart bread is ready.
- Recommended Tools: Use a bundt cake pan or tube pan to create a tall and impressive-looking monkey bread, or use a simple casserole dish and serve it as a dessert with ice cream or whipped cream.
Ingredient Spotlight
- Biscuit Dough: Pillsbury makes a full line of biscuits from regular-sized to jumbo, but you don’t need to buy the premium brand.
- Cinnamon Sugar Mixture: Buy it or make it and keep it on hand for toast or sprinkle on homemade French toast sticks.
- Nuts: Use pecans, almonds, macadamia nuts, or even toasted coconut in monkey bread. Or, omit nuts altogether if you prefer.
Pull Apart Possibilities
- Add a cup of freshly chopped apples and some homemade apple pie spice.
- For the holiday season, sprinkle in some pumpkin pie spice or additional spices like ginger and cardamom.
- Any variety of dried chopped fruit like cranberries, cherries, or blueberries, adds pops of flavor and color.
- Cubes of dough can also be wrapped around a few chocolate chips, caramels, or even cubes of cream cheese.
- For a nut-free version with lots of crunch, sprinkle homemade banana granola in with the biscuits.
How to Make Monkey Bread
- Mix brown sugar and melted butter in a bowl and set aside.
- Toss biscuit pieces in cinnamon sugar (full recipe below).
- Arrange the sugared biscuits and walnuts (optional) in a prepared pan.
- Drizzle brown sugar mix over the top and bake until golden brown.
Cool the monkey bread slightly before inverting it onto a serving plate. It is best served warm!
Easy to Serve & Store
- Keep leftover monkey bread in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Fully cooled monkey bread can be frozen whole or portioned in plastic wrap and aluminum foil for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
- Reheat in the microwave at 30-second intervals.
Sweet Breakfast Treats
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Easy Monkey Bread
Warm, gooey biscuit bites coated in cinnamon sugar and buttery brown sugar bake into a fun, pull-apart monkey bread that’s perfect for sharing.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup butter melted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 (16.3 ounce each) rolls biscuit dough
- ½ cup walnuts finely chopped, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Grease a bundt pan or spray with cooking spray.
- In a bowl stir together brown sugar and melted butter until well combined. Set aside.
- Mix sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl. Cut biscuits into quarters, add to sugar mixture, and toss to coat. Shake off any excess sugar.
- Layer the sugared biscuits and walnuts in the prepared bundt pan. Drizzle the brown sugar mixture evenly over the top.
- Bake for 33-37 minutes or until golden and no longer doughy in the center. Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes. Loosen edges with a spatula and invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm.
Notes
- Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. Or freeze cooled monkey bread whole or in individual portions in a zippered bag, or wrapped in plastic and then foil, for up to 3 months.
- Thaw overnight in the refrigerator.
- Reheat in the microwave in 30-second intervals.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 517kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 822mg | Potassium: 223mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 358IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 3mg
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
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