Monkey bread is a knotty-looking loaf of sweet bread made from balls of dough coated with cinnamon, sugar and melted butter. It’s traditionally served warm so that the sticky baked pieces can be pulled apart. The name “monkey” refers to how you eat this sweet treatwith your hands. Follow this recipe with your kids.
Monkey Bread
Servings: 8
Start to finish: 2 to 3 hours (Active time: 10 minutes)
Prepare Ingredients:
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
Vegetable oil spray
1 pound pizza dough, room temperature
1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons milk
Gather Cooking Equipment:
3 small bowls
8-inch round cake pan
Ruler
Kitchen shears
Plastic wrap
Oven mitts
Cooling rack
Large plate
Spoon
Start Cooking!
In small bowl, stir together brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Place melted butter in second small bowl. Spray 8-inch round cake pan with vegetable oil spray.
Spray counter lightly with vegetable oil spray. Place dough on greased counter and pat into 6-inch square. Use kitchen shears to cut dough into 36 pieces
Roll each piece of dough into ball. Dip each ball in melted butter to coat, roll in brown sugar mixture, then place in greased pan. Cover bottom of pan with dough balls in single layer.