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Easy Monkey Bread

Deceptively easy and notoriously delicious this Monkey Bread uses only 5 ingredients, bakes up in no time and is perfect for breakfast or a delicious dessert.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 605kcal
Author: Tornadough Alli

Ingredients

  • 2 16 oz cans refrigerated biscuits
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar

Instructions

  • pray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray, set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Cut your biscuits into fourths and place in gallon sized ziploc bag.
  • In small bowl stir together your cinnamon and sugar and pour over biscuits in bag, shake to coat.
  • Place biscuit pieces stacked in bundt pan.
  • Meanwhile in sauce pan melt together you butter and brown sugar until it just starts to boil, remove from heat and pour over your biscuit pieces.
  • Bake in oven for about 30-35 minutes until golden.
  • Let sit in pan for a few minutes to cool then flip over onto serving tray and remove bundt pan.
  • Serve and enjoy.

Notes

  1. For a more gooey recipe increase your sauce ingredients to one and a half.
  2. If you are worried about your monkey bread sticking to the pan, use some of the cooking spray with flour, works magic.
  3. For a "cheesecake" feel, chop up some cream cheese and dollop it in when you place your biscuits in.
  4. Make a cream cheese or vanilla glaze to top the bread with after baking.
  5. Add 1 cup of nuts in with the mixture, sprinkle on bottom of pan as well as in with your biscuits.

Nutrition

Calories: 605kcal | Carbohydrates: 88g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 824mg | Potassium: 210mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 473IU | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 3mg