Monkey Bread
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Recipe type: Breakfast
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Serves: 8+
 
This cinnamon pull-apart bread is like a pan of gooey cinnamon roll centers.
Ingredients
  • 1 batch of Basic White Bread Dough (recipe below) or 2 loaves frozen white bread dough
  • 1¼ cups sugar, divided
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 1¾ tsp cinnamon, divided
Basic White Bread Dough:
  • 4 - 4½ cups flour
  • 4½ tsp dry yeast
  • 2 cups warm water
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
Instructions
  1. Mix 2 cups flour and the yeast.
  2. Add the water, oil, sugar and salt.
  3. Beat on low for ½ minute and then on high for three minutes.
  4. Stir in the remaining flour until a moderately stiff dough forms.
  5. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 8-10 minutes, or until it is smooth and elastic.
  6. Shape the dough into a ball and place it in a greased bowl, greased side up.
  7. Cover the bowl and let it rise for 1½ hours or until doubled in size.
  8. Punch the dough down and divide it into half, letting it rest for 10 minutes.
  9. To make the monkey bread, combine 1 cup sugar, brown sugar, milk, butter and 1¼ tsp cinnamon in a small saucepan.
  10. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook it for 1 minute.
  11. Remove it from the heat and let it cool for 10 minutes.
  12. Combine ¼ cup sugar and ½ tsp cinnamon in a shallow bowl.
  13. Cut each loaf of bread dough into 24 equal portions.
  14. Roll each portion into the cinnamon sugar mixture and layer the balls of dough in a greased 12-cup Bundt or Angel Food Cake pan.
  15. Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture over the layers.
  16. Then pour the cooled sugar syrup over the dough.
  17. Cover the pan and let it rise for 35 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
  18. Bake the bread at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
  19. Immediately loosen the edges of bread from the pan using a knife.
  20. Place a plate over the top of the pan and carefully invert the bread onto the plate.
  21. TIP: If you are making the bread dough a day in advance, place the covered dough in the refrigerator after the first rising of 1½ hours.
  22. The following day, let the dough come to room temperature prior to forming it into the balls.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/monkey-bread/