Have you ever had homemade monkey bread? It’s the best. Fresh from the oven, gooey, pull apart dough pieces baked with a buttery sugar-cinnamon caramel absolutely make any gathering special.
Here’s an easy recipe for how to make monkey bread. Simple ingredients like canned Grands biscuits, cinnamon, sugar, and butter add that irresistible homemade touch. For a great twist on this classic recipe, be sure to try my orange monkey bread as well! Or make delicious monkey bread made with cinnamon rolls!
Monkey Bread Recipe:
With Grands Biscuits cutting prep time, you’ll be making the best monkey bread in no time. This easy recipe is quick enough to fix for a special treat, brunch, or breakfast, even for those sleepy-heads that prefer to lounge under the covers until the last possible minute.
You can even do the prep the night before you want to feast on monkey bread. Do it all except the baking. Then cover the pan of goodies and refrigerate until you’re ready to bake it.
Ingredients Needed for Monkey Bread
- 1 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 cup of butter, melted
- 2 cans of Southern style buttermilk biscuits
How to Make Monkey Bread
Tips for Making Monkey Bread
- When you arrange dough ball layers in the pan, you can add a sprinkle of raisins, currants, sweetened dried cranberries, blueberries, or butterscotch chips. And don’t forget the nuts: pecans and walnuts seem to be the favorites.
- After flipping the just-baked Monkey Bread ring over onto a plate, some like to top off the ring with a glaze of one cup of powdered sugar and two tablespoons of milk. It makes everything extra-sweet, but it does add an enticing shine and sparkle.
- You might need to add a few minutes to the bake time. Just keep an eye on it to make sure the bread is baked, not burnt.
More recipes you will love:
- Sausage Breakfast Casserole
- Breakfast bundt cake
- Banana Pudding
- Monkey Bread Muffins – these are so good!
Monkey Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- 1 heaping tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 cup melted butter
- 2 cans southern style buttermilk biscuits 16 biscuits
Instructions
- Pour cinnamon and sugar into a plastic storage bag.
- Remove biscuits from package cut each one into 4ths.
- Place the biscuits pieces, 6-7 at a time into the cinnamon and sugar and shake until well coated.
- Place biscuit pieces into a well greased bundt pan.
- In a large measuring cup, melt the butter in the microwave. Once melted and warm, pour the remainder of the sugar mixture into the butter and stir for 30 seconds until the sugar starts to melt.
- Pour over the biscuits. Shake the pan to make sure the butter gets down in between all of the biscuits.
- Bake for 35 minutes at 350.
- Let sit on the counter for 10 minutes before flipping over onto a serving plate.
Ann Smith says
May 14, 2018 at 5:25 pmHave you ever added raisins to this recipe? Seems like it would be a good addition.
Hannah Griffin says
May 15, 2018 at 12:27 pmI made this monkey bread for dessert, but was thinking it would probably be just as yummy for a breakfast!
Stephanie Keeping says
May 15, 2018 at 11:23 pmThis monkey bread is one of my absolutely favorites. I love it with pecans too!
Tina says
May 20, 2018 at 10:44 pmAny refrigerator biscuits will work, I have even used refrigerator French Bread dough. The “Southern” part of the biscuits are literally just flecks of butter in the biscuit, and you are already putting butter on the monkey bread so you won’t miss it if it isn’t there. ENJOY!
Tin Lopez says
May 21, 2018 at 1:34 amThis is my favorite breakfast!
Lg says
May 22, 2018 at 1:03 pmAny brand of can biscuit will work. Just use your favorite.
Jennifer says
May 23, 2018 at 10:30 amSouthern biscuits are just made with buttermilk and have come of butter in the dough. I make my dough from scratch. No one ever can tell the difference. For that matter, buttermilk is pricey so I often use 1% milk with lemon juice to get the buttermilk flavor.
Rosalind says
May 24, 2018 at 7:06 amMade this for the first time and my family loved it! Thanks for the recipe.
Melissa says
June 23, 2018 at 12:40 pmMake a scone dough it is similar
Jimmie Colemsn says
June 26, 2018 at 1:08 amBe sure to use two cans of the larger Grands type biscuits.
Would love this recipe! says
July 3, 2018 at 9:01 amLove this!
Christy Spurlock says
July 4, 2018 at 9:03 pmCan’t wait to make these soon. I’m going to try and make individual servings in my cupcake pan. Come on Saturday morning!!!
Tammy Hendrick says
July 6, 2018 at 10:38 pmI use 4 small cans of cheap biscuits.i believe 8 per can. Aalso use brown sugar with butter to pour over top before baking. Make them almost every Sunday.
Kukam says
September 2, 2018 at 10:35 pmHave you ever tried using butterscotch pudding mix instead? It comes out like caramel! AMAZING!!!
Daisyduex2 says
July 10, 2018 at 10:36 amBy adding Apples,Raisins and Walnuts it makes this just Yummylish !
Lila says
August 16, 2018 at 9:38 amwhen would you add the apples and nuts?
pegg says
August 21, 2018 at 11:16 pmdrop them in mixed with biscuits … some toward the bottom. some around the middle. a few at the top.
Joann says
August 21, 2018 at 5:00 pmMelt butter and brown sugar and pour over the top and then bake turns out much better
geneva rabalais says
August 24, 2018 at 1:25 ami want to make one. it looks delicious.
Donna m Laurimore says
September 3, 2018 at 9:57 pmThank you, this is delicious a childhood memory my mother would make. So good.
april says
November 13, 2018 at 9:24 amthis is my kids favorite! we make it every christmas morning 😀
Milisa says
November 18, 2018 at 11:33 amMonkey Bread is one of my all- time favorites. I love how simple this recipe comes together!
Beth Pierce says
November 21, 2018 at 2:15 pmSo incredibly delicious! Thanks for the great recipe!