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posted by Christy Denneyon Aug 20, 2022 (updated Oct 10, 2022) 9 comments »

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Monkey Bread – this easy version uses canned biscuits, butter, and brown sugar for an easy breakfast! A sweet treat for breakfast.

WHAT IS MONKEY BREAD?

Monkey breadis a pull-apart bread made with biscuit dough coated with sugar and cinnamon and baked with a buttery brown sugar sauce in a Bundt pan. You could just use a 9×13 pan if you don’t have a Bundt pan.

HOW TO MAKE MONKEY BREAD

Start with biscuit dough. Quarter each biscuit.

If you’re making gorilla bread, fill the center with cream cheese. The difference between monkey bread and gorilla bread is that each biscuit is stuffed with some cream cheese.

Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar.

Place them in a Bundt pan.

Easy Monkey Bread Recipe - The Girl Who Ate Everything (6)Pour your brown sugar/butter mixture on top.

Bake for about 30 minutes then let cool for a few minutes before inverting.

MONKEY BREAD WITH CREAM CHEESE

In 2005, I was living at my moms with Austin trying to save money while John was in Miami trying to secure a spot on the team. For four months I lived there. In order to maintain my keep, I pitched in cooking when I could.

There were seven of us in transition living with my parents at the time so we had quite the crew to cook for. My mom and I tended to get in ruts with the same old meals so every Thursday she dubbed “Fantastic Thursday” in which we had to venture out and make something new that we found online or in a cookbook.

I remember on a certain Fantastic Thursday we attempted this Gorilla bread for dessert. Gorilla bread is monkey bread stuffed with cream cheese.

As we were opening the biscuits my mom’s can exploded and biscuits rained all over the kitchen. She screamed like a little girl! We laughed so hard.

GORILLA BREAD

Gorilla bread is monkey bread on steroids. Cream cheese is stuffed inside the biscuits then the outside is covered in butter, cinnamon sugar, and nuts.

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  • Banana Muffins
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Monkey Bread

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Monkey Bread - this easy version uses canned biscuits, butter, and brown sugar for an easy breakfast! A sweet treat for breakfast.

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Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 30 minutes mins

Total Time: 50 minutes mins

Servings: 16 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits, quartered
  • 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, (optional for gorilla bread)
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts, (optional)
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.

  • If making gorilla bread: Cut the cream cheese into 24 equal cubes. Press the biscuits out with your fingers and place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese.

  • Sprinkle nuts on the bottom of the pan if using. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Roll each of the biscuit pieces in the cinnamon sugar. You can even put them all in a bag and shake them with the cinnamon sugar. Place balls in the Bundt pan. Keep leftover cinnamon sugar for the next step.

  • In a saucepan, melt the butter, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup of leftover cinnamon sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside. You just want to barely dissolve the sugar. Pour over biscuits.

  • Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Place a plate on top and invert to serve. Serve warm.

Cuisine: American

Course: Breakfast

Author: Christy Denney

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originally published on Aug 20, 2022 (last updated Oct 10, 2022)

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9 comments on “Monkey Bread”

  1. Gini Hernandez Reply

    You and your Website are terrific! Thank you for all your information and amazing recipes. Huge fan here in CA.

    • Christy Denney Reply

      Thank you so much Gini! I appreciate that.

  2. Kaye Reply

    I was wondering if you could use yeast rolls in the Gorilla bread

    • Christy {The Girl Who Ate Everything} Reply

      Oh yes of course!

  3. Beverly Reply

    The only thing that could make these any better would be to drizzle some chocolate on the top!!!

  4. Edna Reply

    I aim to trythese real soooon!

  5. Robin Reply

    I am literally SALIVATING at that gorilla bread. And I just had an obscenely decadent dinner. I happen to love monkey bread, but I’ve never tried this. If only I could eat my computer screen.. love the blog!!

  6. Kellie Knapp Reply

    GIRL! I LOVE the way you think AND EAT!! Seriously, I straight up love EVERYTHING you post! I’m Kristy’s friend and she told me you are chef extrodinaire..and I BELIEVE HER! Keep the yummy fantastic-ness coming!

  7. Mrs. Blimes Reply

    I made some more of your PB and chocolate creations last weekend… Hubby died for them!!! Thanks so much for your posts!!!

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Easy Monkey Bread Recipe - The Girl Who Ate Everything (2024)

FAQs

What American president made monkey bread popular by serving the dessert at the White House during Christmas? ›

During the 1980s, Nancy Reagan popularized serving monkey bread during Christmas by making it a staple of the Reagan White House Christmas.

What is another name for monkey bread? ›

Common names for pieces of dough baked together in a pan include bubble bread, bubble loaf, jumble bread, pull-apart bread, pinch-me cake, pluck-it cake, monkey puzzle bread, monkey brains, and monkey bread.

Who eats monkey bread? ›

Eating Jewish: Aranygaluska, or "Hungarian monkey bread"

Is monkey bread made from bananas? ›

Bread Ingredients

Bananas: You will need 3 ripe bananas for the bread dough and 3 more bananas that will be diced and layered in between the balls of bread dough. Yeast: I used instant yeast in this recipe. It is also called quick rise or fast-rising yeast. Milk: I prefer whole milk in this recipe.

What is a fun fact about monkey bread? ›

Dating back to the 1880s in Hungarian literature, Hungarian immigrants brought this dish with them when they immigrated to America and began introducing it into the country's food landscape when Hungarian and Hungarian Jewish bakeries began selling it in the mid-twentieth century.

Is monkey bread a southern thing? ›

to get right. Chef Thomas nailed it on the first try for.

What fruit is called monkey bread? ›

Baobab is a fruit grown in Africa. Pronounced as “bau-bab,” this fruit grows on trees that can be over 1,000 years old. A baobab tree may also be called a monkey bread tree, Ethiopian sour gourd, cream of tartar tree and even upside-down tree.

Why is monkey bread called that in America? ›

Original term. Monkey bread comes from the pastry being finger food. The consumer would pick apart the bread. as a monkey would.

What nationality is monkey bread? ›

She heard the name monkey bread only after moving to Arkansas as a college student. Fazekas traced the dessert back to the 1880s, claiming that it was Hungarian immigrants who introduced it to the United States. Fazekas named Hungarian Jewish bakers as the heroes of the story.

What does monkey bread taste like? ›

Each bite tastes like the sticky delicious center of cinnamon rolls. Monkey bread is served pull apart style, similar to my cinnamon roll wreath, where everyone tears off a piece—just like how monkeys pick at their food. You can have monkey bread for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.

Who eats fairy bread? ›

Befitting its whimsical name, fairy bread is a fun and colorful treat popular at children's birthday parties in Australia and New Zealand.

What monkey doesn t eat meat? ›

Primates Who Rarely (Or Never) Eat Meat

Black-and-white colobus monkeys are so specialized to eating plant matter that their guts have evolved a fermenting chamber, not unlike those of cows, allowing them to munch on lichen and bark. Gorillas are another primate that shows zero interest in the hunting lifestyle.

What are the benefits of monkey bread? ›

Studies have shown the benefits of monkey bread in the field of medicine. This fruit actually has anti-diarrheal, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, which can be beneficial for heart disease and diabetes.

What does monkey bread contain? ›

Monkey bread is a pull-apart bread made with bite-size pieces of dough coated with sugar and spice and baked with a buttery brown sugar sauce in a tube or Bundt pan. To serve monkey bread, invert it onto a large plate and let everyone pull it apart into individual pieces with their fingers or forks.

What breed of banana do we eat? ›

The Cavendish banana is your “typical” banana found at the local grocery store or farmer's market. They are slightly sweet and have a creamy texture.

What is the history of monkey bread in the United States? ›

The term monkey bread, initially referring to a loaf formed from pieces of yeast dough dipped into butter, seems to have emerged or was at least popularized in southern California in the 1940s. It was a rich savory bread, sometimes accompanied with jam or preserves, requiring no knives to serve.

Where does the monkey bread come from? ›

Fazekas traced the dessert back to the 1880s, claiming that it was Hungarian immigrants who introduced it to the United States. Fazekas named Hungarian Jewish bakers as the heroes of the story. In the middle of the twentieth century, it was they who made aranygaluska popular with American society.

Which president started the tradition of a yearly tree lighting ceremony at the White House? ›

The National Christmas Tree Lighting first began in 1923 under President Calvin Coolidge. The tree is decorated every year with thousands of lights and unique decorations.

Where does the president eat in the White House? ›

The President's Dining Room is a dining room located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the White House. It is located directly above the Family Dining Room on the State Floor and looks out upon the North Lawn.

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