Monkey Bread Recipe Without Bundt Pan

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Black cherry mini monkey bread is a yummy twist on homemade monkey bread. Made with cherries, Yoplait® Black Cherry yogurt, and cherry juice, these mini monkey breads are the perfect treat for snacking.

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I recently read that snacking now accounts for over half of all eating.  I’m assuming that’s in the U.S. because we are definitely a country of snackers if my kids are any indication.  Of course, I do the mom thing and offer my kid oranges, apples and carrots as snacks.  But when it comes to mommy snacking, there’s a bit more indulgence.

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One of my favorite snacks is homemade monkey bread.  It’s one of those recipes I make when I need to indulge a little.  I make my monkey bread from scratch without canned biscuits or yeast so it’s easy to make and still homemade.  I often use yogurt in my monkey bread dough and I realized that I’d never tried to make it with a flavored yogurt.  I had a jar of cherries in my pantry I needed to use up and Black Cherry Monkey Bread was born. I added cherries to the tops of the bread, cherry yogurt in the dough, and cherry juice to the monkey bread sauce.

I picked up Yoplait Greek Yogurt in Black Cherry at my local Albertson’s grocery store. I was surprised, and delighted, to see that there were actual cherries right in the yogurt.  You could really use any flavor of  Yoplait yogurt to make a flavored monkey bread. I just happen to love cherries!

When digging around my cupboard for my fluted Bundt pan, I found this mini Bundt pan I’d completely forgotten about. These are perfect for a little snack and you aren’t tempted to eat the entire monkey bread in one sitting. I put a layer of chopped cherries and a little bit of the sauce on the bottom of each mini Bundt cake well. This will be the top of the mini monkey bread.

Homemade Monkey Bread

Roll the dough into half inch balls and place 4-5 in each Bundt.  Top each mini monkey bread with more of the sugar/butter sauce.  I over filled the pans on purpose because I like really sticky monkey bread.  Make sure to bake the bread on top of a cookie sheet. These will overflow.

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We’ve been making this easy monkey bread recipe for years. Homemade monkey bread can be a pain and not worth the trouble. This easy recipe tastes just as good. It’s a fun recipe to make. It’s a sweet treat the entire family will enjoy.

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To get the maximum of both worlds, you want to turn to easy monkey bread. It’s a cinch to make, and its pull-apart design makes it not only hand-friendly but almost mandatory. It’s a great recipe to make with kids!

Also, check out our favorite super moist banana bread, the easiest pumpkin bread, the best blueberry muffins ever, and our very popular coconut loaf. They’re all amazing and perfect recipes for brunch.

We have been making this recipe for over 20 years, here are some reasons why we love it and why it works:

Easy Cinnamon Sugar Monkey Bread

Everything about this monkey bread is easy. It stores well, it’s customizable, you can prep it in advance, and it lasts long enough that you can get away with big batches.

Canned Biscuits – A can of biscuits makes the best gooey, delicious monkey bread. We used Immaculate organic flaky biscuits. Pillsbury biscuits will work too. You’ll need two cans of biscuits.

Dark Brown Sugar– This adds a deep and sweet flavor to the bread, giving it a rich, caramel-like flavor that is difficult to replicate with other ingredients. It also helps create a beautiful, golden-brown color as the bread bakes in the oven.

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Cinnamon – Adds a sweet and spicy flavor to monkey bread that complements the sweetness of the sugar. It also helps to give the bread its signature brown hue, making it look as good as it tastes.

Granulated Sugar – This sugar brings a hint of sweetness to the bread. It’s mixed with ground cinnamon for the cinnamon, sugar flavor.

Butter – Not only adds flavor but it gives the monkey bread a rich and moist texture. Each ball of dough is rolled in butter before being coated with cinnamon and sugar. We also pour melted butter over the top of the bread to give the bread a golden-brown exterior that is full of flavor.

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Monkey Bread Muffins

We also make a glaze for this recipe using a little confectioner’s sugar and milk. This is totally optional, but we love the added flavor.

2. Grease an entire deep-dish loaf pan with butter. You can also use a bundt pan for this recipe. Cooking spray is another option for greasing the bottom and sides of the pan.

3. In a medium bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar and stir. Roll each dough ball in the cinnamon and sugar mixture and then place it in an even layer at the bottom of a greased loaf pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over the dough balls.

Mini Monkey Bread With Homemade Dough

4. Continue creating another layer over the first layer. Depending on the size of the pan, you should have 2 layers of dough balls in the pan. You might have extra dough, but you don’t need it.The dough rise will happen when it’s baking in the oven.

5. Melt the butter and pour it over the top of the dough before baking.Sprinkle on some of the leftover cinnamon and sugar.

6.Bake the bread in a 350-degree oven for about 45 minutes. Depending on what biscuits you’re using, the bake time will vary.

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Check the directions on the biscuits to see how long to cook.It can take longer. You will know when it’s done when the top of the biscuits are a deep golden brown and have doubled in size.

Another option is to drizzle our easy caramel sauce over the top as a glaze. It becomes like sticky bread and is full of buttery caramel flavor!

Monkey

Most bread products dry up and get tough to chew over time. Monkey bread, given its high surface area, allows some bits to stay moist longer than you’d think.

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You can safely leave monkey bread on the counter for a few days. Thesurface sugarswill harden if you let them stay in contact with air, so covering is ideal.

Freezing monkey bread lets you keep it fresh to use for weeks. Keep it airtight and tightly wrapped before storage.Freezing is the best way to keep the freshness and longevity of the monkey bread.

Caramel Apple Monkey Bread – This variation combines diced apples, caramel sauce, and spices for a sweet and delicious treat. Cut apples into small pieces and add them to the layers of dough.

Monkey Bread With Cream Cheese Glaze

Chocolate Peanut Butter Monkey Bread: This version adds creamy peanut butter and cocoa powder for richness and flavor. Add a peanut butter layer over the dough.

Gluten-Free Monkey Bread: If you want to try and make this recipe gluten-free, we recommend making gluten-free biscuit dough and then rolling it into small balls.

Orange Cardamom: This is one of my favorite flavor combinations and I use it in my apple cider donuts recipe too. Add fresh orange zest and ground cardamom to the cinnamon and sugar mixture.

Monkey Bread With Canned Biscuits

This monkey bread recipe is perfect for a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning. It’s also great to serve year-round or for any of these occasions:

Cinnamon

Monkey bread is a sweet, gooey cinnamon roll-like bread that is made from balls of dough rolled in cinnamon sugar. It’s made with biscuit dough, cinnamon, white sugar, and butter and is baked together to create a fantastic sticky cinnamon bread that is perfect for brunch.

This bread is best right out of the oven when it’s fresh, warm, and gooey. If there are leftovers, they can be stored in an airtight container, covered tightly in the refrigerator, for one week.

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While the combination of sugar and toppings (especially caramel) leaves the overall texture on the gooey side, the bread shouldn’t be. While you want the middle soft, you don’t want it to have that near-custard texture of a French toast puff. 

Use a long toothpick or fork to poke in a variety of places. You want to aim for the thicker parts. A clean fork means done. A sticky fork needs another minute.

Though you’ve probably seen many store-bought versions come in the traditional Bundt shape, it’s unnecessary. Monkey bread cooks in a bread pan, a cookie sheet, ramekins, or a loaf pan.

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If you prefer to use a tube pan, that is fine. Just make sure the sides are greased if you release it from the bundt pan.

You can make monkey bread ahead of time. Form the dough into balls and add them to a greased bundt pan along with any