Best Grandma Martys Famous Monkey Bread Recipes

THE BEST MONKEY BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease a large, 12 cup bundt pan with softened butter, use about 3 tablespoons or so.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer add the warm milk, water, sugar, butter, and yeast. Mix to combine. Let mixture sit for 5 minutes, then add the flour and salt. Using the dough hook mix on low speed. Once the dough comes together increase the speed to medium and mix for 6-8 minutes. The dough should come away from the sides of the bowl, should be tacky but not sticky, shiny and smooth.
• Transfer the dough to a large lightly oiled bowl. Turn the dough over once so that the top of the dough is lightly covered in oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• While the dough is rising, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl, stir to combine. Place the melted butter in a separate small bowl.
• To form the balls: Remove the dough from the bowl and pat it into an 8 inch square. Cut the square into 64 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball.
• Roll the balls, one at a time, into the butter and then roll into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place the sugar coated balls in the bundt pan, layering, staggering, and filling in the gaps as you go.
• Once all dough balls have been dipped in the butter and sugar mixture and then placed into the bundt pan, COVER the bundt pan with plastic wrap and let rise for 45-60 minutes or until puffy. (The dough should rise and be just 1 inchesfrom the top).
• Unwrap the bundt pan and bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly and deep brown in color. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes(no longer!!!) then turn out onto a platter. Let cool for 10 minutes and then pour the glaze overtop.
• To make the glaze: whisk the powdered sugar, milk, and a splash of vanilla in a large liquid measuring cup.

MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a bundt pan with nonstick spray.
• In a small saucepan, make the sauce by melting the butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and milk over medium-high heat. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Cut the biscuits into quarters or sixths.
• Whisk together the sugar, cinnamon, and allspice and coat each biscuit piece in the cinnamon mixture and place in the bundt pan.
• Layer the biscuits in with the chopped pecans and the butter mixture. Finish with the butter mixture over the top and around the edges of the biscuits.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, when done the dough will puff up and become golden brown and crisp on top. And a toothpick inserted into the thickest part should come out clean.
• Remove from the oven and flip the monkey bread out onto a serving dish. Drizzle with vanilla icing, if desired.

GRANDMA MARTY'S FAMOUS MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Cut 1 1/2 cans of biscuits into quarters and shake in plastic bag with 2/3 cup brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Melt 1 1/2 sticks butter with the remaining cup brown sugar and bring to a boil and stir well.
• Place the quartered and sugared biscuits into a greased bunt pan and drizzle with half the butter mixture and half the nuts.
• Cut remaining biscuits into quarters and shake with the remaining cinnamon and sugar and place on top of the previous biscuits in the bunt pan. Drizzle with the remaining butter mixture.
• Bake 30 - 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Serve immediately.

MONKEY BREAD FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Lightly grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with vegetable oil.
• Combine warm water, yeast, and 1 teaspoon sugar in a large bowl. Let stand until bubbly and foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in 1 cup flour, warm milk, egg, 3 tablespoons sugar, butter, salt, and vanilla extract. Mix well before adding remaining 2 1/2 cups flour. Mix and knead until dough comes together in a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and punch down gently to deflate. Divide dough into small or medium balls.
• Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Dip each dough ball in melted butter, remove with a fork, and roll in sugar mixture until well coated. Arrange in the prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp cloth and let rise until almost doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 35 minutes. Invert onto a large plate; cool for 10 minutes before serving.

GRANDS!® MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
• Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.
• In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.
• Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

GRANNY'S MONKEY BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare pan: Heavily grease Bundt or fluted tube pan with butter (12-cup capacity). Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare the dough: Separate biscuits and cut each one into four equal bite-sized pieces. Combine granulated sugar and cinnamon in a bowl or plastic bag. Drop roll each piece of dough in the sugar-cinnamon mixture and shake around to coat. Gently arrange the cinnamon-sugar biscuit pieces into the prepared pan.
• Heat syrup: In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar and butter. Add 1/2 cup of the remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture (discard remaining or use for another recipe). Gently heat to melt butter and bring mixture just to a boil and then immediately remove from heat. Stir until sugars have fully dissolved. Do not overcook the syrup; you simply want to help the sugar dissolve. Carefully drizzle the warm mixture over the rolled dough balls in the pan.
• Bake: Arrange pan in the center of the preheated oven and bake for about 30 minutes. Time may vary; see note below.
• Invert: Allow pan to rest for about 5 minutes, then cover with a large plate and invert. To eat, pull the desired amount off with your fingers (like a monkey would) and enjoy the gooey sweet sinful treat.

GARLIC MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Cut dough into 16 pieces.
• Combine melted butter, egg, parsley, and garlic powder. Dip pieces of dough into the butter mixture, coating completely. Arrange in a single layer in the prepared pan and pour any remaining butter mixture over top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until dough just reaches the top of the pan, about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake monkey bread in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool in the pan slightly before serving.

ICED MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Lightly coat a 10-inch Bundt pan and a medium bowl with shortening; set aside. Put the warm water and a pinch of sugar in a small bowl; sprinkle yeast over top. Stir; let the yeast soften and dissolve, about 5 minutes.
• Place shortening, milk, sugar, salt, and egg in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the dough hook.
• Add yeast mixture to shortening mixture, and beat to combine. Slowly add flour. Knead on medium-low, 1 minute. Transfer dough to the prepared bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, and let stand in a warm place, 20 minutes.
• Make coating: Place melted butter in a bowl. In a second bowl, combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts; sprinkle 2 tablespoons nut mixture into prepared Bundt pan.
• Cut dough into 1/2-inch pieces. Roll into balls. Coat in butter, then roll in nut mixture, and place in prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap, and let stand in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate, and let cool 20 minutes more.
• Make icing: In a small bowl, combine milk and confectioners' sugar. Stir until smooth. Drizzle over bread.