Monkeying Around

cazzy

Made some monkey bread tonight!  Man, why did I wait so long for my first attempt at this?   

Nom nom!  
By the time I decided to make this, there wasn't enough time to make and proof dough.  I substituted can biscuits and it worked out really well.  I baked this a smidge longer than needed and I really love the texture because of it.  Slightly crusty off the wall and soft and gooey on the inside.  Just in case you ask, here is the recipe.Slightly adapted from Mel's Kitchen who slightly adapted their recipe from Cook's Illustrated.  

Preheat oven to 350

Two 16oz cans of Grand's Biscuits (no flakey layers). 

Cut raw biscuit in half, then cut into 3 pieces. Rinse and repeat till all is cut.  

Melt 12 oz of butter 

Combine 2 cups of brown sugar and 4 teaspoons of cinnamon.  *Mel has sugar in their dough and drizzles icing over it, since I didn't do neither, I doubled their mixture.

Butter a bundt pan and place chopped pecans on the bottom.

Dip dough pieces in butter, shake off and roll into BS/CIN mixture and place in the bundt pan.

Place a layer of dough till you can no longer see the pecans.  

Sprinkle a lil pecans over the dough, then add another layer of dough. Rinse and repeat until you're out of dough.

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

Pull out and let rest for 10 minutes.

Put on gloves and place a plate on top of bundt pan, then flip.  It should pop right out with lil effort.

Do not cut!  Put on a few layers of Latex gloves and grab pieces with your hands.  

Pair the warm monkey bread with your favorite listeria-free vanilla ice cream.

bgebrent

Looks awesome!  I love listeria-free ice cream !

NPHuskerFL

My Grandmother's recipe is to die for. I haven't done one in over a year or more. Yours looks stellar Carl! 

Skiddymarker

Have not made this in years - another thing to do in the next couple of weeks. 

Eggcelsior

Caz, done as garlic knots is amazing too. 

SGH

cazzy said:

 Man, why did I wait so long for my first attempt at this?  

Because you are hard headed On a serious note, that looks spectacular. I had a aunt that could make some that would make you hurt yourself. I miss her and her cooking.  

hapster

Outstanding!!!

ksmyrl

Mom makes monkey bread all the time. Awesomeness. 

Eggpharmer

I guess that looks ok...for a hack...

DMW

That looks really good, reminds me of sticky buns from around here.

Here's a recipe I found, looks similar:
https://www.cuisinart.com/recipes/desserts/2013.html

aukerns08

I love some Monkey bread, we usually do it as part of Christmas breakfast.  I've never done it with ice cream before, I'll have to give that a try.  Great pics also.

GATraveller

I can mow through a whole loaf in one sitting if left unsupervised. 

ryantt

@cazzy monkey bread is a Christmas  morning tradition here.  Fun to watch everyone walk by and grab a few nuggets.  Yours looks perfect in my humble opinion. You've inspired me to beg the wife to make one tonight.   Let's hope she's in a good mood after her 16hr ER shift.  

blukat

Thanks for sharing, haven't made this in years!  Bookmark

cazzy

It is always cool to see how food brings back fond memories!  Good stuff folks!

Eggcelsior

GATraveller said:

I can mow through a whole loaf in one sitting if left unsupervised. 

Heh. No wonder my mom always made two.

Hotch

Cazzy I bet it was gone in a jiffy. It would not last at my house. Nicely done sir.