Easy Monkey Bread Recipe

4.72 from 75 votes

Kids and adults can't resist this doughy, sweet, pull-apart dessert. This easy monkey bread recipe is one you'll want to make over and over!

Prep Time10

Cook Time40

Total Time50

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Calories: 292kcal

Author: Eden

Cost: $12

Ingredients

Monkey Bread Recipe

2 cans biscuit dough
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 cup ground cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter

Simple Glaze

1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp milk

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Instructions

Break the biscuits into small balls of dough.
Roll the dough into small balls, about 3 tablespoons per ball.
Grease an entire deep-dish loaf pan with butter. You can also use a bundt pan for this recipe. Cooking spray is another option for greasing the bottom and sides of the pan.
Combine cinnamon and sugar in a medium bowl and stir.
Roll each dough piece in the cinnamon mixture.
Add a single layer of dough balls to the bottom of the pan. Then sprinkle 1/8 cup of the brown sugar over the layer, leaving the other 1/8 cup for the next layer.
Continue creating another layer of dough over the first layer, and sprinkle brown sugar over the top.
Depending on the size of the pan, you should have two layers of dough balls in the pan. You might have extra dough, but you don’t need it.
Melt the butter and pour it over the top of the dough before baking.
Sprinkle on some of the leftover cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Then, bake the bread in a 350-degree oven for about 45 minutes. Check the directions for how long to cook depending on what biscuits you’re using.
The monkey bread will be golden brown on the top and that’s what you want. It’s important to cook all the way through so you don’t have a doughy inside.
To make the glaze, add 1/4 cup powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon milk and mix until smooth.
Pour over the monkey bread before serving.

Notes

Depending on the size of the pan, you should have two layers of dough balls in the pan. You might have extra dough, but you don't need it.

Make sure to pour the extra butter over the top of the dough before baking.

Sprinkle on some of the leftover cinnamon and sugar mixtures.

The monkey bread will be golden brown on the top, and that's what you want. It's essential to cook through so the inside is not doughy.

You can bake this in a bundt pan or a loaf pan. We used a clay loaf pan, which absorbs, distributes, and retains heat evenly, baking the bread to perfection.

Only fit as many dough balls as you can. There is no need to use them all if they don't fit into the pan you're baking the bread in. This is an easy recipe to alter as you go.

If the bread isn't fully cooked, give it more time in the oven. Accurate oven temperature varies and can alter the baking time.

This is monkey bread with biscuits; however, you can also try making monkey bread with pizza dough.

Check the directions on the biscuits to see how long they should cook. It can take longer. You will know when they're done when the tops are a deep golden brown and have doubled in size.

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