Granny’s Monkey Bread is a sweet, gooey, sinful cinnamon sugar treat made with canned biscuit dough and lots of butter. It’s perfect for Christmas morning!
This recipe is incredibly easy to make because it uses store bought biscuit dough (in a tube). If you want to make money bread from scratch, check out my Apple Fritter Monkey Bread and Pumpkin Spice Monkey Bread recipes!
This recipe can be prepared the night before so your kids can wake up to the heavenly smell of taste bud heaven. Or, because this is a pretty quick and easy recipe to put together, you can easily assemble and bake the same morning you plan on devouring it.
There are lots of variations of monkey bread out there. You can go all out and make it with dough from scratch like I did for my other variations. Or you can cheat, like I do for this recipe, and make it with cans of biscuit dough.
Ever heard of monkey bread?
I never experienced anything like this until my mother-in-law (my kids’ granny) made it for us during one of our family vacations.
- According to Wikipedia, Monkey bread is known by many names including: monkey puzzle bread, sticky bread, African coffee cake, golden crown, pinch-me cake, and pluck-it cake
- It is a soft, sweet, sticky pastry served in the United States for breakfast or as a treat. It tastes very much like the inside of a cinnamon roll, only with lots of that buttery cinnamon sugar syrup.
- It consists of pieces of soft baked dough sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and lots and lots of butter.
This is basically the opposite of healthy, but definitely a treat everyone should experience at least once. It’s sweet. It is gooey. It’s incredibly naughty. It is my favorite.
This recipe isn’t just for the holidays.
Want to be a rock star parent? Next time you go camping, delight your kids when you make Monkey Bread on the campfire in the dutch oven. Can you imagine a better treat to wake up to?
How about enjoying a batch on a vacation morning? This is one of those recipes that just becomes tradition.
Five simple ingredients:
- You’ll need a total of 24 ounces of buttermilk biscuit dough. I use three 8-ounce tubes from Trader Joe’s. Opening those pressurized cans is like torture for me, but I put on a brave face and do it anyway. For my readers outside of the US that can’t find canned biscuit dough, you can make your own homemade dough or use pizza or bread dough, although it will taste a bit more dry.
- You’ll use both granulated sugar and golden brown sugar.
- One cup of butter. That’s two sticks! I wasn’t joking when I said this recipe was naughty.
- And, of course, cinnamon. If you’re familiar with my recipes, you’ll know that I often substitute pumpkin pie spice for cinnamon, so feel free to do so with this recipe if you wish.
Easy steps to make my Monkey Bread:
- I find that this monkey bread cooks best in a bundt pan. I’m sure you can use any other kind of baking dish, but the bundt pan gives it a great shape. You’ll need to preheat the oven and heavily grease (more butter!) the pan.
- The biscuit dough will need to be cut into small bite sized pieces. Clean kitchen shears work better than a knife. You’ll toss these dough pieces in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and then set them in the prepared pan.
- The syrup is made by combining 1/2 cup of that sugar cinnamon mixture with the brown sugar and butter in a saucepan. You’ll bring it to a boil to dissolve the sugars and then drizzle it over the dough in the pan.
- Pop it in the oven and cook and bake until it’s done. When it’s still warm, you’ll cover the pan with a plate and invert it. Take care not to burn those fingers when fighting for the first bite!
You can make it ahead of time.
I actually prefer preparing this recipe on the same morning I want to bake it. Watching the kids and their anticipation for this annual treat is so much fun!
But, if you want to be able to just wake up and pop it in the oven, you can simply prepare the recipe as written and store it in the refrigerator until you’re ready to bake it.
Keep in mind you’ll either need to increase the cooking time or allow it to come closer to room temperature before baking.
Full RECIPE and VIDEO is below!
Watch me re-create this gooey masterpiece.
Granny's Monkey Bread Recipe
RECIPE VIDEO
Ingredients
- 24 ounces buttermilk biscuits I used three 8-ounce packages
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon or you can use pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup butter salted or unsalted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
Instructions
- Prepare Bundt pan by heavily greasing with butter. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut each biscuit into four equal bite-sized pieces.
- Combine 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon in a bowl or plastic bag. Drop roll the pieces of dough in the sugar cinnamon mixture and gently arrange them into the prepared Bundt pan.
- In a small sauce pan, combine 1/2 cup of the remaining sugar cinnamon mixture (discard remaining or use for another recipe) with 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 cup butter. Bring mixture just to a boil and then immediately remove from heat. Stir until sugars have fully dissolved. Carefully drizzle the mixture over the rolled dough balls in the Bundt pan.
- Bake in center of preheated oven for 30 minutes. Time may vary, see note below.
- Allow pan to rest for about 5 minutes, then cover with a large plate and invert. To eat, pull desired amount off with your fingers and enjoy the gooey sweet sinful treat.
Notes
- To prepare the night before, follow all steps except the baking part. Cover and refrigerate. Bake as directed in the morning (may need a few extra minutes if its cold).
- Use the kids! Although the heating and melting of the butter should be handled by the adults, let the little ones cut the dough with kitchen scissors and dip each dough ball in the cinnamon sugar mixture!
- Cooking time may vary depending on oven and pan used. Continue cooking until tops are starting to crisp and turn golden brown. To be entirely sure that the monkey bread is fully cooked and not doughy in the center, use a thermometer to verify that the middle has reached 190 degrees F. If the top is getting overly cooked and the center is still not at 190F, lower the monkey bread in your oven or cover with foil to prevent over-browning.
Nutrition
This recipe has been viewed over 2 million times since it was originally posted in September 2014 and was most recently updated in November 2019 for your reading pleasure.
I can’t say I’ve spent much time in central Oregon (we went camping near La Pine once, and it was a very dusty affair), even though I’ve lived in both the Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon, but it sounds like your family has the right idea about vacation food. 😉
This looks delicious and if the Bf and I weren’t starting a special diet on his doctor’s recommendation, I’d be incredibly tempted to go buy the stuff I need right now. lol
You could always make it for “a friend”. 🙂
have you ever end a cream to either dip have or even drizzle it on…..yummy….it becomes like a Cinnabon
Mercy.
You might need to purchase insulin pumps to accompany that duo, but man- sounds heavenly.
*immediately searches for Cinnabon icing copy cat revipe*
I won a contest with this recipe! Simple but so good. I thought maybe too simple for the contest but everyone loved it so much including myself. I’m making more as I speak! Thanks for the great recipe.
I have never made monkey bread before! This looks and sounds seriously delicious… thanks for the recipe, it’s one I have saved to recreate!
I used to make it every holiday, but now that the family has moved away and have their own families, I miss making it. One of my fondest memories is helping my grandmother make monkey bread. Her recipe is still the best I’ve ever eaten, and a wonderful dessert for Christmas holidays.
How’s your grandmother’s recipe different
Make it for yourself and a neighbor or two!!
So wonderful everyone I shared it with loveloveloved it!!!!thanku
Monkey bread is my childhood favorite *specialty* breakfast. Perfect to make for children’s sleep-over breakfasts or Christmas morning! Excited to start making for my children:)
My family LOVES monkey bread. It’s our go to breakfast while opening gifts on Christmas morning. Love your recipe!
Half the fun of Christmas morning is the eating part!
Oh this monkey bread looks so good and your pictures are amazing. Now I’m hungry.
I love making people hungry!
It sure looks gooey. I would dig into it right now, despite the last time here. The pics speak for themselves! Amazing!
We often add raisins and nuts. Once I even added chopped apples. Delicious and easy!
Yum! Apples and nuts would be awesome. I love raisins, but only plain or in oatmeal, not in baked goods. I’m weird like that. 🙂 Krissy
Do you see any reason why I couldn’t put this together the night before, then pop it into the oven in the morning? I’d like to have this for TGiving morning, but that 20-pound turkey has to go in at 7am. I’d love to pop this in the oven, wrestle the bird for awhile, then reward myself with cinnamon monkeys. 🙂
You know, I’ve never tried doing that, but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work. Please let me know if it still turns out! -Krissy
Hi Krissy, I have a recipe similar to this and I prepare it the night before and put it in the oven Cbristmas morning. It works perfectly. Merry Christmas!!
What a great tradition!
I’ve used nuts and coconut too and it’s AWESOME
Debbie, Great suggestion! Krissy
I LOVE monkey bread! So delicious and so easy! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Krissy! This looks ah-mazing! I attempted this dish this morning and after letting it rest I flipped onto a serving tray. But the biscuits aren’t done they still look very dough-y. What’s your recommendation…. Should I lengthen the time or turn up the oven heat? Thanks for your amazing recipe!
Oh no! Sorry to hear that! I would definitely just increase the cooking time as opposed to the temp next time. -Krissy
Awesome! Thanks for the recommendation.
Hi! I just tried the recipe and it was very tasty, but I was wondering what size biscuit tubes you use? I ended up going with the 10 biscuit/7.5 oz tubes and it worked out okay.
Yep – that’s the size! Glad you liked it. -Krissy
Made this today and it turned out perfect!!! Everyone loved it. I had to cook it about 5 min. longer but besides that followed the recipe as written.
Did anyone else have the issue of 3 biscuit containers being too many? My pan overflowed causing sugar and biscuits to overflow onto the bottom of my oven and then only the pieces on the bottom of the bundt pan were cooked. Are there types of biscuits to stay away from? (Expanding ones?) I bought the buttermilk ones. Just seeing if anyone else had this issue. I’m planning on making again with only 1 biscuit package. It was delicious but the numbers were off for me.
Hmmm, sorry to hear that Alison. This was one of my most popular posts (it went kind of viral) and I haven’t gotten any feedback from anyone that this has happened. You used a bundt pan with the skinnier biscuit tubes, right?
I have made this recipe twice now and LOVED it both times. However, I have had a really big issue with it not coming close to cooking all the way within the 30 minutes. Both times were with different ovens so I know it wasn’t a slight variation in oven temps. Have you ever had an issue with this?
Hmmm, haven’t had an issue as far as timing, but like you said, oven temps are all over the place. Plus, I’m sure a lot has to do with the size of the pan, etc. We’ll be making it again this summer on our annual trip so I’ll see how it does in the oven at the rental house. Thanks! Krissy
I also found that 30 minutes is not nearly enough time.
Hi Heather, thank you for the comment. I just updated the recipe to state that it might take more time depending on oven temp and pan. Monkey bread should be crispy on top and a deep golden brown before removing from oven. -Krissy
I also had the issue of this over flowing in my oven and then not cooking all the way through. I had to cook it much longer than the recipe specified in order for the middle not to be doughy. I think I’ve figured out that I bought the large tubes of biscuits instead of the skinny ones. Might I suggest that you specify the correct size biscuit tube in the recipe? It tasted great in the end, but made a mess out of my oven and took twice as long to cook.
Oh dear, I’m sorry about that Michelle. Yes – we use the skinny biscuit tubes. I’ll update the recipe now. Thanks for letting me know and I’m glad it turned out in the end… despite the mess. -Krissy
I just made this and cooked it as the recipe says and in a standard bundt pan. It has been in the oven for over an hour and is still not done. How long is the correct cook time??
Hi Lauren, Every oven is different. The Monkey Bread should be cooked all the way through and not doughy, but it will be very soft due to the large amounts of butter. I hope it ended up working out for you? Thanks! Krissy
I’ve made this twice and it’s delicious but I’ve used two different pans and had to cook it for an hour + each time. Looking on the comments I think it’s safe to say it needs more than 30 minutes to cook but it’s still a great dessert! My mom used to cook it all the time so I went online to find a recipe since I know they’re all pretty similar. Thanks!
This looks DIVINE! I have a couple of questions though 🙂 I’m from Canada & have searched high & low for the skinny tube biscuits. No luck 🙁 I bought 2 big ones that equal to 24 oz (instead of three 8 oz ones), will that be ok? Also, I couldn’t find buttermilk ones so I did country style. Hope the outcome is as fab as yours.
Hi Amy, YES – all of that should work perfect. Hope you enjoy! Krissy
I didn’t have a problem with it overflowing but I agree with the others who found that 30 minutes was nowhere near long enough. The outer edges along the top were wonderful but the rest was very, very raw. I cooked it for around 50 minutes at 350 before I had to give up or I’d be late for work. Surely this isn’t a temp variation issue…did anyone else try it at a higher temperature? I used a silicone bundt pan. Anyone else use silicone? Is that a contributing factor?
I’m not sure, but I’ll make some this week using my silicone bundt pan to find out. Krissy
I’ve had a problem with the cooking temp too as well as the timing. I upped it to 375 and timing is closer to 50 minutes. We’ve been waiting, drooling, for an hour now. My mom made this every year for Christmas morning, but my 2.5 year old helped me make it for our blizzard day off! So excited to blow his tastebuds!
This sounds amazing!!! Too bad I can’t make this. I live in Australia and we don’t have the biscuit tubes. I’m so annoyed by that as there are so many recipes I wanna make that use them. You wouldn’t happen to have a recipe I can use to make them from scratch?
Hi Carin, It might be a good thing that you guys don’t have biscuit tubes. 🙂 Instead of from-scratch biscuit dough, I think homemade cinnamon roll dough might work best. Krissy
Hi Krissy,
I so badly want to make this for Christmas morning, but you do not get ready-made biscuits in South Africa (It’s completely unknown here).
I found a great online recipe, and want to make this with fresh dough.
Will it work? or would i have to do something different?
Thanks!
Maggie
Hi Maggie, Unfortunately I don’t think the premade tube biscuit dough is that similar to fresh, homemade biscuit dough. I think a homemade cinnamon roll dough would work better. Good luck! Krissy
Homemade dough works just after the first rise form them into balls and fill the pan half way up then let it rise one more time and bake. It’s pretty yummy with homemade bread dough. That’s how I learned to make monkey bread.
Made this delicious recipe this morning. I bought Grands large biscuits by accident, but decided to use them anyway. I cut them into 6 pieces instead of 4. I baked it for 32 minutes just to make sure it was done. The top layer of biscuits came out a little crunchy, but that just added to the taste if you ask me. I will definitely make this again!
Salted or unsalted butter?
I don’t think it really matters for this particular recipe. – Krissy
Unsalted. That applies to any recipe unless they specifically state salted.
I made this for the first time yesterday, Christmas morning, and it turned out AMAZING! I don’t know why other people are having issues with the bake time because 30 minutes was PERFECT, anything longer would have been too much! Maybe they are using the larger biscuits?? Not sure but wanted to say mine turned out even better than expected and will be a new Christmas morning staple in my house. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment, Dana! I like the good feedback. 🙂 Krissy
I don’t have a bundt pan can I use a bread pan?
You sure can! -Krissy
I use my angel food cake pan
Love it! Used this recipe numerous times and it’s always delicious! My kids beg me to make it but I usually save it for special mornings. Thanks for sharing!
If you want a real morning treat, you’ve got to make Bubble Bread
with Bridgeford bread roll pieces, butterscotch pudding mix, butter cinnamon and
pecans. Sits out all night uncovered, bakes in forty min. In the am. No doughy chewy
biscuit business. Over thirty years for every holiday!!!
That sounds pretty awesome! Krissy
Just a note to people wanting to make a recipe like this. We have made basically the same recipe since I was little. We didn’t make the sauce in a separate pan, we just melted the stuff in the bottom of the bundt pan and then put the pieces on top of it to cook. We also varied from using biscuits to using frozen bread dough that we thawed. I didn’t notice a difference in taste or anything if we used bread dough or biscuit dough.
I just wanted to offer these ideas. 🙂
I just finished making this recipe and it is absolutely fantastic! Its the first monkey bread recipe I’ve found that I like. So easy to make, followed the recipe to the dot and it worked out perfectly. Thank you so much for this great recipe!
Yay!!!!! Thanks for coming back to the blog to let me know! -Krissy
If i only have one can of biscuits how should i cut the rest of the recipe?
Hi Cheyna, If you only have one 8oz tube, you’ll need to divide the recipe by three since you need 24oz. I would also use a mini loaf pan instead of a bundt pan. -Krissy
I made this recipe yesterday and it was a big hit. Very tasty! My kids are already begging for more! Thank you!
If I’m planning to prepare the night before, should I wait before adding all the ingrediate a together? Will the butter sitting over night cause it be to mushy?
Thank you,
Lorie
I think you can prepare it all the way up to the point where you stick it in the oven. -Krissy
Made this recipe at 10pm… Delicious…10/8/2016
The kids beg for this I will be adding it to my Christmas brunch. I drizzel this with cream cheese icing amazing
Making this tonight for friendsgiving! Has anyone tried using pillsbury cinnamon rolls instead of regular biscuits??
I haven’t, but that sounds amazing. -Krissy
ty for sharing made this with my mom then she passed away and never found the recipe now i remember doing this with her when i was young thanks for the memories back.
There are so many adds on the websites that it is very hard to read
I’m sorry… its sort of a necessary evil. If I didn’t have the ads, I wouldn’t be able to produce any content. Hope you’re still able to enjoy the recipes and photos! Krissy
What temperature do you bake this at
This sounds delicious. I’m going to make it. Ok sorry your husband was dismayed at your weight gain. It is okay to gain weight. How much did he gain. It is not okay for him to treat you that way. It is abusive!!
I made this last weekend for a baby shower. It was a HUGE hit. I placed tinfoil on with about 10 min or so left to avoid burning the top. Worked like a charm. This is going to be a new brunch staple. It is AMAZING. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Do you think I can put half of the butter/sugar mixture in the bottom of the bundt pan, layer the biscuit pieces and then drizzle the rest of the butter/sugar on top? I’m trying to go for a crusty top layer once the bread is inverted out of the pan. Thanks!
I’ve never made it like that. If you try it, will you let me know if it turns out?
I know this is an old recipe but i found it and just had to try it. Followed all of the directions to the T and it turned out complete perfection. Was such a huge hit. Wrote it down for the next time. Cant wait to try it around the holidays!!
Thanks for your comment, Amy! Glad you loved it!!!
It’s in the oven right now its been in for over the 30 min time listed and I took it out and the dough is still raw in the middle. The top is crisp and looks right but the middle doesn’t. I followed the directions to a tee and everything else looks good beside the middle is still raw
Hi KJ, I’m sorry to hear that! Sometimes variances in the way ovens cook as well as the size of the bundt pan means that my exact cooking time might not work for others. Hopefully it turned out!
Thanks for sharing! I followed the recipe as is and it turned out great!!
This is my go to recipe for pot lucks and Christmas morning and it’s always a hit. Occasionally I find the caramel is gritty and after baking the butter has separated and leaves a greasy puddle. Any suggestions? It doesn’t always happen and I follow the recipe as printed every time!
Occasionally that has happened to me too. I think it has to do with the step when you heat the mixture together. I believe it needs to be just hot enough to dissolve the sugar. Too hot and it will crystalize. What do you think?
Do you mean a full, rolling boil or boil just around the edge of the pan?
A gentle boil.
This is the best monkey recipe I have found. It is awesome! I use yeast roll dough and the result is amazingly yummy! So much so that my family and I enjoy it every time I make bread, usually every other week. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Currently making your recipe as it is the only only one that looks like my moms recipe thank you so much!!
I’ve always made monkey bread with biscuits as well – it’s so good!
My grandma always made monkey bread too. This looks just like it.
My boys would LOVE this Monkey Bread! It looks incredible!
I have been looking for a tried and true monkey bread recipe, and I’m so glad that I found this one!!!
Oooh! I haven’t made monkey bread in eons. This looks amazing!
What a great monkey bread recipe — so easy to make!
What a perfect monkey bread recipe. This is a hit every time!
this is one we love and make often but I see of few nice changes than ours I need to try and your looks mouth watering
We love monkey bread at the house! I’m not sure why we seem to always just have it during the holidays. Thanks for the reminder that this is delicious anytime of the year.
Mouthwatering goodness! Just look at that sauce! I’m going to have to be careful with this recipe…it’s very dangerous for my waistline 😉
This looks incredible, can’t wait to try it!
I’ve never made monkey bread, but yours looks fun and easy! Looks like something I could get into a lot of trouble with my “moderation” diet LOL. Thanks for the great recipe.
I love this recipe, I’ve made it twice and it’s amazing. I bought a 4 pack of biscuits, each can was 7.5 ounces. I used 3 cans and 3 biscuits from the 4th can. I made it the night before both times, set it out 30 minutes before baking it, added a little time for baking and they turned out great!
We have 7 children. I stumbled upon this recipe when looking for a recipe for monkey bread that I remember eating as a child. I had to comment because we tell people all the time that raising 7 children is just organized chaos. I thought the term was unique to our family until I saw it in your post
My wife and I are making this tomorrow morning – 2nd time – perfect the 1st time……………..
Can’t wait!!!
Two questions:
1. If you made this while camping, would you still use a bundt pan, and then put that in the Dutch oven over the fire?
2. I saw someone mentioned a cream/glaze/sauce . . . Any suggested recipe for something like that?
Hi Megan – Yes – I would put the bundt pan in the DO. Just remember to have twice as many coals on top to simulate an oven (heat rises so more is needed on top to keep the temperature even) and make sure the top of the bundt pan isn’t too close to the DO lid. This particular recipe is so sweet it doesn’t need a glaze, but if you wanted to add one I love the glaze from my apple fritter monkey bread recipe: https://selfproclaimedfoodie.com/apple-fritter-monkey-bread/
Hello! Was wondering if the heat from the prepared sugar suace will do anything bad to the buiscuits if I plan on preparing now and baking later? Tia
I would just refrigerate until you’re ready to bake and then let it come to room temp before you stick it in the oven!
Could you make biscuit dough from scratch instead of canned? would it turn out right?
yep!
Would this recipe turn out right if i made my biscuits from scratch? would i change anything?
It would! I’ve also made it with yeast dough using this recipe: https://selfproclaimedfoodie.com/apple-fritter-monkey-bread/
I’m wondering if this recipe would work with roads rolls instead of biskets?
Yep!
This is by far, the best Monkey Bread I’ve ever made. I added quite a bit more cinnamon, about a TB, but its absolutely perfect!
Can this be made in the Instant Pot
I’ve never made it in the Instant Pot… but now I’ll have to try! Sorry I can’t help.
I made this Christmas morning….well I got it ready the night before and stored in fridge and baked off next morning….so easy and yummy!!
Thank you for this delicious recipe! We made it for Christmas morning and it was such a hit that all four of my children requested it for every Christmas from now on! Last year we used a different recipe that was hard and not nearly as good. Your recipe was so gooey and delicious we couldn’t stop eating it. I prepared it the night before and baked in the morning. Thanks again and happy new year!
This was a really good version of monkey bread. Tons of goo! I had to cook it ten minutes longer in my oven. This will be my go to recipe! Yum!
I think what a lot of people don’t realize when they think the dough isn’t cooked is that it IS cooked. It should be very very soft and “dough-like”, not “firm” like actual bread. I accidentally had the oven on at 375 for the first 20 min. Lowered it to 350 and left it in for another 5. Turned out perfectly! Very soft, almost squishy on the bottom while crispy on top. Remember folks, there is a huge difference between RAW dough and extra soft (but cooked) dough. Thanks for your post, Krissy! This monkey bread is delicious (eating while I write this) and really helping soothe my New Year hangover. Hahaha!
Glad you liked it! And thank you for the great comment. Glad all that butter and sugar helped get you through the day. 🙂
This was the best treat!! Thank you so much for the recipe!
I make this every Christmas morning for many, many years now. But I’ve never made it the night before. It really works? Doesn’t change the texture, and it still rises well?
Hi Pamela, It does work. Since it’s easy enough to make the morning of, that’s how I usually do it, but you can make it the night before and it will still turn out.
Made this exactly as stated, and it turned out beautifully. My Mom used to make Ronald Reagan’s monkey bread recipe when I was a child, and it was so delicious. I still have the magazine clipping of that recipe, but have never made it myself. Way more steps than this recipe, but this tastes just as amazing! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
What’s the best way to reheat leftovers.
Hi Susan, About 30 seconds in the microwave on half power is the way I like to do it!
Can I use Pillsbury Crescent Roll dough instead and if so how many pieces would you recommend I cut each into?
I think it would work! As long as you use the same size packages, that is. The pieces can be any size you want, but I prefer the dough balls to be around 1 inch wide.
I used them as well and it still came out perfectly
My go to monkey bread recipe. Simple and delicious!
super easy recipe and it is delicious! I made it for mothers day (today) breakfast so the whole house would smell good and she loved it as well as everyone else!
I made this a few days ago and it was PERFECT, brought it to a potluck and almost daily I’m having friends come up to me saying, “I’m still thinking about that monkey bread you made.”
Just wanted to add my two cents as to why some people are getting uncooked dough in the comments! I noticed that in your video, there are 10 biscuits per can (which you say are 8 oz each); that is really important considering the variety of store-bought biscuit doughs available. I personally used Trader Joe’s brand, which contains 8 biscuits per can- and each can is 16 oz! Doing some math, that means each of your biscuits is 0.8 oz, while each of mine would be a whole 2 oz!
Following conventional Monkey Bread instructions of quartering each biscuit, a 0.8 oz biscuit would be split into four 0.2 oz pieces; meanwhile, you would need to cut a 2 oz biscuit into TEN pieces to get 0.2 oz per piece. I assume that the people who ended up with raw/uncooked dough started with larger biscuits that, when cut into quarters, are not small enough to cook properly. To make it easier (because who can cut 10 even slices from a circle?), I just cut mine into 8 pieces each (0.25 oz per piece) and it turned out perfectly.
Hopefully I wrote that coherently enough to follow; it’s difficult to put math into paragraphs. But long story short– for everyone looking to try this recipe, make sure you take note of not only the size of the biscuit cans, but also the size of the biscuits themselves.
Great recommendations! I need to update the recipe to specify the size (in ounces) of each piece. I use TJ’s biscuits too, but I know a lot of people don’t/can’t. I’ve also realized the best way to avoid a doughy center is to check the internal temperature. Thanks!!! -Krissy
I just made this. It came out perfectly. Fully baked throughout. Nice recipe! Thanks😊
DO you use light or dark brown sugar? I can’t waiting to make this!!!
light brown sugar. Enjoy! Krissy
I haven’t made this in 50 years!!! Used to make it for army wives coffees. We all loved it! Think will make it next weekend . Holiday and family will be here. Grandkids will love it! Thanks for sharing.
Can you use Cinnamon rolls instead of biscuits?
Yep! It will be INSANELY sweet though. -Krissy
Do you have to use butter milk biscuits
Nope! You can use any kind of biscuit dough or even something like pizza dough.
I got 2nd place in a work desert competition with this delicious treat. The more fresh, the better.
We used chocolate chip canned biscuits because the store we shop was out of buttermilk and they were pretty darn good. I still prefer the buttermilk though.