Easy Caramel Monkey Bread
If you’re looking for a quick and delicious breakfast treat, Caramel Monkey Bread is your go-to recipe! With just a few ingredients like Grands biscuits, butter, and brown sugar, you can whip up this gooey, cinnamon-sugar delight in no time. Whether you’re hosting a brunch or simply craving something sweet, this pull-apart bread is sure to please both kids and adults alike.
My mom would always just call this Monkey Bread, but this bread isn’t quite as sticky as what I remember my mom’s monkey bread being when I was growing up. Now my mom makes my crock pot monkey bread for all the brunch and breakfast activities.
What is Monkey Bread?
Monkey Bread is a type of pull-apart bread that’s made by baking small dough pieces coated in sugar, cinnamon, and butter. It’s traditionally baked in a bundt pan, which gives it its iconic shape, and it’s typically served as a breakfast or dessert dish. The dough becomes caramelized during baking, resulting in a sweet, sticky treat that pulls apart easily, perfect for sharing.
Caramel Pull-Apart Bread Ingredients
Are you drooling now? As long as you have two cans of Grands biscuits, you will easily be able to make this monkey bread. Lots of sugar and butter naturally makes this all come together in a delicious caramelly way.
To make caramel pull-apart bread, gather these ingredients:
- Pillsbury Grands refrigerator biscuits – These are the large biscuits that come 8 biscuits to a can.
- Butter – Real butter is a staple in this recipe. No imitation of the real butter will work. Salted butter will work just fine.
- Heavy whipping cream – Fat is flavor, so I go with the heavy whipping cream. However, half and half cream can also work in this monkey bread recipe.
- Brown sugar – Light brown sugar is the go-to sugar for this recipe. However, if you have only dark brown sugar on hand, you can use that too.
- White sugar – Simple white sugar is key for anything that is coated in cinnamon and sugar.
- Cinnamon – Your favorite cinnamon is fine for this recipe.
- Pinch of salt – Table salt will work just fine. Or sea salt works too.
How to Make Monkey Bread
So, this monkey bread recipe is the easiest thing to make. The hard part, waiting for them to bake. Start by grabbing two cans of the large biscuits. Then cut each piece of biscuit dough into quarters.
A kid can even do it with a pair of scissors! So, while my little helper was cutting biscuits, I started on the caramel sauce by melting one stick of butter in a small saucepan then add 1/2 cup of brown sugar and heavy whipping cream.
I am becoming obsessed with salted caramels, so of course, I tossed a little sea salt into the mixture.
By this time, the biscuits were all cut into quarters. We grabbed a gallon size Ziploc bag and poured 1 cup of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon into the bag.
We then put about half of the cut biscuits into the sugar and cinnamon, sealed the bag and shook it all up.
The quartered pieces of biscuit dough should be coated in the cinnamon and sugar.
Then grease a bundt pan and poured 1/3 of the caramel sauce I had made into the bottom of the pan. Next, transfer the biscuits from the cinnamon and sugar to the pan. We sprinkled a little of the sugar mixture over top of the biscuits and poured half of the remaining caramel sauce over the biscuits. Then repeat with the remaining biscuits and caramel sauce.
The biscuits will almost appear to be drowning in the caramel sauce. The monkey bread ready for the oven now. Bake the monkey bread at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.
Take it out of the oven and let it sit for 2-3 minutes before flipping onto a serving platter.
This Caramel Monkey Bread recipe is a fantastic, family-friendly dish that will become a staple in your breakfast or dessert lineup. With its rich, buttery flavor and sticky caramel coating, it’s hard to resist taking another piece. Plus, it’s easy enough to make any day of the week!
Variations
- Glazed Monkey Bread: Drizzle a simple icing made from powdered sugar and milk over the warm monkey bread for added sweetness.
- Nutty Monkey Bread: Add 1/2 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts between the biscuit layers for extra texture and flavor.
- Chocolate Chip Monkey Bread: Sprinkle chocolate chips between the dough pieces before baking for a fun, chocolaty version.
Tips for Success
- Customize: Add chopped pecans or walnuts to the layers for added crunch. You can also drizzle a cream cheese glaze over the top for a decadent twist.
- Use Fresh Biscuits: Ensure your biscuits are fresh for a soft, tender texture.
- Don’t Overbake: Check the bread at the 35-minute mark to avoid overcooking and drying out the dough.
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Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cans refrigerator large biscuits like Grands
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Cut biscuits into quarters and set aside.
- Pour sugar and cinnamon into a large Ziploc bag, add biscuits, and shake to coat. Set aside with cut biscuits.
- In a small pan, melt butter, sugar, heavy whipping cream, water, and salt together. When mixture begins to boil, remove from heat and pour 1/3 of sauce in the bottom of a greased bundt pan.
- Put the half biscuits evenly over the sauce in the bundt pan.
- Pour half of the remaining sauce over the biscuits. Shake the remaining biscuits in the sugar and cinnamon and place over the second layer of sauce. Finish by pouring the remaining sauce over top of the biscuits.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Let stand for 3 minutes before flipping onto a plate.
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This looks awesome. Reminds me of monkey bread. I think we made it in my first grade class.
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Wow, that looks amazing! It combines two of my favorite things – cinnamon and caramel. Definitely going to have to try it.
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