Caramelized brown sugar glaze drenches buttermilk biscuit pieces coated in cinnamon sugar for the best Monkey Bread recipe! Made with biscuit dough, it’s so easy and preps in 10 minutes.
World’s Best Monkey Bread!
- AMAZING, out-of-this-world glaze: Achieve mouthwatering brown sugar butter glaze with my special tips!
- Preps in 10 minutes: Made with pre-made biscuit dough, simply trim biscuits, toss in cinnamon sugar, coat with a homemade glaze and bake!
- Great for Special Occasions & Brunch: Gorgeous presentation & great for a crowd during Easter, brunch, and more.
- So tasty with… pumpkin scones, crispy breakfast potatoes, and fluffy buttermilk pancakes.
Best Ever Monkey Bread
When I say this is the BEST ever Monkey Bread, I mean it. We could not stop eating it! Imagine: decadent monkey bread that pulls apart so easily with perfectly cooked flaky buttermilk biscuits coated in cinnamon sugar, all enrobed in mouthwatering, glossy brown sugar caramel glaze. You’ll be having sweet, cozy comforting dreams about this one… and be making it for brunch, Christmas, your birthday, and all of the above!
Why is it Called Monkey Bread?
Why is monkey bread called monkey bread, anyway? There are a number of theories as to why this baked treat is named as such. One is that monkey bread gets it name from how it’s eaten—with your fingers, pulling apart the pieces, like how a monkey would eat food.
Monkey Bread Recipe Ingredients
- Sugar – use granulated sugar for the biscuit coating, brown sugar for the glaze
- Cinnamon – I use 2 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon for the taste, but remember some of this gets discarded once the biscuits are coated, so don’t worry about too much cinnamon
- Refrigerated buttermilk biscuits – this ingredient makes prep time so much faster!
- Butter – use unsalted butter
- Brown sugar – we’ll need that little bit of molasses in brown to deepen the flavor of the monkey bread glaze and make it that much more moist & delicious
How to Make Monkey Bread with Biscuits
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Add sugar and cinnamon to a bag, shaking it to mix well.
- Pop open two cans of biscuits and trim them into quarters, tossing each piece into the bag. Once done, shake all pieces in the bag until fully coated.
- Coat a 12-cup bundt pan with nonstick spray. Arrange biscuit pieces in an even layer in the pan. Set aside.
- Melt butter and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium low heat, stirring frequently, until the two become one liquid, like caramel. Pour this liquid evenly over the biscuits to coat.
- Bake for about 40 minutes, until you can easily tear a piece out of the center and the dough is cooked.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto a plate, tapping the pan to release your beautiful monkey bread made with biscuits. Enjoy with a side of Christmas crack, because it’s yummy!
P.S. I’m thinking of making a monkey bread using this lemon glaze. Thoughts?
Tips
- Use a pizza cutter to speedily cut the biscuits into quarters.
- Generously coat your bundt pan in nonstick spray, that way you’ll be able to slide it right out of the pan.
- Don’t overfill the bundt pan. It should be just 2/3 full to avoid an overflowing mess in the oven!
- Discard or use the leftover cinnamon brown sugar for another recipe. Resist the urge to put it into the pan—it will mess up the glaze, making it grainy, not smooth and shiny.
- Place all of the biscuit pieces into a gallon zip top bag with the cinnamon sugar. This will ensure an even, generous coating on the biscuit pieces.
- Give the biscuit pieces one more flip in the bag before placing into the pan.
How To Make The Perfect Glaze For Monkey Bread
It’s very important to take your time cooking the glaze for monkey bread. Make sure to set a saucepan to medium low heat. Frequently stir the butter and brown sugar together, again and again, even while it’s still just melting—this will create one unified glaze. Otherwise, you’ll have two separate parts: brown sugar and butter, which will result in a chunky, coarse sugary topping.
Use a heatproof silicone spatula to stir it all together, so you can scrape down the sides and bottom of the saucepan, leaving no sugar bits to burn.
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Breakfast & Dessert Recipes
To add a little extra holiday zhuzh to your monkey bread, try drizzling some maple glaze or top with cream cheese frosting.
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Add sugar and ground cinnamon to a gallon zip top bag. Shake until well mixed.
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Using a pizza cutter, cut biscuits into quarters and drop into zip bag. Shake until biscuit pieces are well coated—the bag will be full, but just keep shaking!
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Thoroughly grease a 12-cup bundt pan. Place biscuit pieces into pan in an even layer.1 Use leftover sugar in another recipe.
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Melt brown sugar and butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Stirring frequently, cook until the two ingredients become one cohesive liquid, like caramel.2 Pour this mixture evenly over biscuits.
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Bake for 40-45 minutes, until deep golden brown and cooked in the center. Mine took 42 minutes. Test for doneness: use a fork to carefully pull a piece out of the center, tear it in half to check for cooked dough.
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Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn onto a plate, tapping the bottom of the pan to loosen.3 Enjoy!
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- 1: Make sure not to overfill your bundt pan. It should be 2/3 full to avoid overflow during baking.
- 2: Stir in any additional, separate layer of butter until the brown sugar and butter fully combine—this is the key to the perfect, glossy, smooth glaze.
- 3: Don’t cool longer, as it might get stuck to the pan. If the monkey bread gets stuck, use a heatproof spatula to loosen the sides.
