Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Deluxe Monkey Bread

Monkey bread
Rolling biscuits dough, notice half of the caramel mixture at the bottom of the pan


Pour remaining caramel on top and sprinkle some cinnamon


1/3c. granulated sugar
4t. cinnamon and extra teaspoon for sprinkling on top
1-8 oz. cream cheese
2- 12 oz. cans of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1 stick of butter
2/3c. chopped pecans or walnuts(optional)


Preheat oven to 350F. Mix granulated sugar,cinnamon and cream cheese together in a small bowl. Flatten out one piece of biscuit dough and place a spoonful of cream cheese mixture in the center. Wrap the edges of the dough around cream cheese mixture,sealing to make a pouch. Repeat with remaining dough.

 Melt butter and brown sugar together on the stove or  in the microwave,stirring until well combined in a smooth mixture.Sprinkle nuts(if desired) in the bottom of Monkey Bread pan and  half of the melted butter mixture.Arrange biscuit pouches in pan; they will overlap. Pour remaining brownsugar mixture over pouches and sprinkle some cinnamon powder. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool 5 minutes in pan, and invert onto serving plate.

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