Mommy's Monkey Bread

Time :35 minutes
Yield :10 servings

Recipe Background

Just like Mom makes! Mommy's Monkey Bread is a sticky and sweet treat all the kids (and the kids at heart) will love! Buttery biscuit pieces are coated in cinnamon sugar and then drenched in a brown sugar sauce. Crunchy walnuts add a welcome texture to this shareable, tear-able breakfast dessert! Mommy's Monkey Bread is the kind of dish everyone goes bananas for!
Just like Mom makes! Mommy's Monkey Bread is a sticky and sweet treat all the kids (and the kids at heart) will love! Buttery biscuit pieces are coated in cinnamon sugar and then drenched in a brown sugar sauce. Crunchy walnuts add a welcome texture to this shareable, tear-able breakfast dessert! Mommy's Monkey Bread is the kind of dish everyone goes bananas for!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup walnuts chopped
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 (16.3-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits
  • 1 cup salted butter cut into tablespoons
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Coat a 10-inch fluted tube pan with baking spray.
  • Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the walnuts in the bottom of the prepared tube pan.
  • In a large, resealable plastic bag, add the white sugar and the cinnamon, seal, and shake to combine.
  • Transfer the biscuits from the cans and separate them.
  • Cut each of the biscuits into quarters.
  • Add about 10 of the biscuit pieces to the cinnamon-sugar in the bag and seal the bag.
  • Shake the bag vigorously to coat the biscuit pieces.
  • Add the cinnamon-sugar coated biscuit pieces to the prepared tube pan, spreading them out evenly.
  • Sprinkle the sugar-coated biscuit layer in the tube pan with about 1/6 of the remaining walnuts.
  • Repeat the sugar-coating and layering process with the remaining biscuit pieces and the remaining walnuts.
  • In a medium skillet over medium-low heat, melt the butter.
  • Add the brown sugar and the vanilla to the melted butter and stir until just combined, about 1 minute. Be careful not to overmix or it will separate.
  • Carefully and evenly pour the butter mixture over the layers in the tube pan.
  • Gently shake the tube pan back and forth to ensure the butter mixture coats as much of the dough-walnut mixture as possible.
  • Bake the bread until it is golden-brown and no longer doughy in the center, about 30-35 minutes.
  • Loosen the edges of the pan with a spatula.
  • Allow the monkey bread to cool in the pan for 5 minutes.
  • Invert the tube pan onto a serving plate and remove the pan.
  • Serve.
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