How to Make Monkey Bread
Learning how to make monkey bread will give you an alternative to cinnamon rolls the next time you're looking for a home-baked breakfast.One of the identifying features of monkey bread--also referred to as sticky bread, African coffee cake and/or pinch-me cake--is that it's made up of segments that can be easily pulled apart by hand.
When shaping the individual balls of dough, it's important that each one is relatively uniform in size. If some pieces are significantly larger, they will need more time to cook, and smaller pieces will dry out. Prior to assembling, be sure to grease the baking pan--it will allow the monkey bread to be easily removed.
After cooling the bread for 10 minutes in the pan, turn it onto a wire rack to cool completely. This will allow for even cooling, as the air can circulate around the monkey bread.
Transcript
-Hey everyone, I'm Judith. We'll today, we're making something that
all of the kids love, that's right. We're making Cinnamon
Monkey Bread. So what you will need for this is
2 tablespoons of granulated sugar; 1-1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon;
3-1/2 cups of biscuit mix; 1/2 cup of milk; and
1/3 cup of granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons of butter or
margarine, softened; 1 teaspoon of vanilla; 1 egg; 2 tablespoons
of butter or margarine, melted; half a cup of powdered
sugar if desired; and 2 to 3 teaspoons of water
if desired. So, preheated our oven to 335 degrees Fahrenheit.
Now, in our low pan right here, we've greased the
bottom and the sides with shortening. So, that's ready prepared.
So, first of all, in a small little bowl, we're
gonna make some cinnamon sugar. That's right, so in goes
the cinnamon, very easily and in goes the smaller amount
of sugar. We're just gonna stir that up, and that's
gonna be a lovely topping for our little monkey break
balls, fun. Oh that smells good. Okay. So, into a
large bowl, we're gonna add in our biscuit mix, out
butter, our softened butter, not the melted butter, our sugar,
and our egg. Our vanilla goes in there too. So,
we're gonna mix that up until we get a nice
dough forming. So, get your arm muscles working there and
get it all together. So, once you've set it all
together, let's get our hands in there and we wanna
from a dough like so. So, it's all coming together
like that. Get all the crumbly bits in. So with
our dough, we're gonna get about 1 inch and we're
gonna roll it into our 1 inch bowl like that.
And that goes into our lovely cinnamon sugar, which we
prepared, and we're gonna place them randomly into our loaf
pan. So, we're gonna repeat with our remaining dough. So
basically wanna roll it up into 1-inch balls, sprinkle them
in that cinnamon sugar, get it covered there and we're
gonna place some in our pan like so. Alright, we'll
keep going. Great, so our little cinnamon balls are rolled
up there into the loaf pan. So, last but not
the least, we're just gonna drizzle our melted butter on
the top of that to cover them. Oh, they are
gonna be so good, and the melted butter is on,
we're then just gonna sprinkle our remaining cinnamon sugar on
top of that too. Give that extra little sweetness and
flavor. Fantastic, so that is gonna go in the oven
at 275 degrees Fahrenheit for about 25 to 30 minutes.
Once, it's been in there for that time, then we're
just gonna let it cool for 10 minutes before we
transfer it to wide rock. Well, our monkey bread is
out of the oven. It's been in there for about
25 to 30 minutes. We've let it cool for about
10 minutes, and that is ready to eat just looks
and smells wonderful with our cinnamon. So, you can cut
that up and serve that to the kids or to
you guys of course and that will be delicious. So
there you go, that's how you make cinnamon monkey bread.
What You'll Need
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 1/2 cups Original Bisquick® mix
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar, if desired
- 2 to 3 teaspoons water, if desired
Step By Step
1
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease bottom and sides of loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches, with shortening. Mix 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and the cinnamon in small bowl; set aside.
2
Stir Bisquick mix, milk, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, the vanilla and egg in medium bowl until soft dough forms. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in cinnamon-sugar. Place dough randomly in pan. Sprinkle with any remaining cinnamon-sugar; drizzle 2 tablespoons melted butter over dough balls.
3
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack.
4
If desired, make glaze by mixing powdered sugar and water in small bowl until thin enough to drizzle; drizzle over loaf. Cut into slices. Serve warm.
5
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft) Bake 33 to 38 minutes.
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