Cinnamon Monkey Bread

ByJanell
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Last Updated on December 23, 2014 by Janell

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Are you looking for the perfect treat to enjoy on Christmas morning? I have taken my cinnamon roll recipe and turned it into a monkey bread. It was so delicious your whole family will love it! (Warning  - it is sweet!)

There are a few ways you can get the dough. You can use the following recipe below or order it from your favorite bakery.

Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

Dough (Skip this step and buy pre-made dough)

  • 1 ¼  cups warm milk (Put in your microwave for about 45 seconds.)
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ⅓ cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Coating

  • ¾ cup butter
  • 1 and ½ cups white sugar
  •  4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Icing 

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ¼  cup butter, softened
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons milk (you can add more if you want it runnier)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  1. Grease bread machine. Place all ingredients in order recommended by your bread machine manufacturer. (I just put them in the bread machine in the order the recipe goes.)
  2. Start the dough cycle. (Mine takes about 1 ½ hours on the dough cycle.)
  3. When the dough cycle is complete put it on a floured surface.
  4. Pre-heat the oven to 350*
  5. Grab little balls and roll them into a circle about 1 inch in diameter. I had about 70 balls.
  6. Make the coating: melt ½ cup of butter in a small bowl. Mix white sugar and cinnamon together in another small bowl. Set aside. You will use the rest of the butter, brown sugar, and vanilla later.
  7. Dip each ball, one by one, in the melted butter and then generously roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture to coat them.
  8. Melt the remaining ¼ cup of butter and whisk in the brown sugar and vanilla until combined. Pour the buttery mixture over the dough balls in the bundt pan.
  9. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown on top.
  10. Icing Instructions - Combine all the ingredients for the icing and spread over the warm Monkey Bread. (Please note - this makes a lot of icing so you don't need to use all of it.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. What do you eat on Christmas morning?

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20 Comments

  2. Wow, I was looking at this yummy bread and I can make it GF so I can eat it. Looks great. Thanks.

  4. I used to make this yrs ago. I sold Tupperware and this was one of the demonstrations. Everyone loved it, have not had it since. I think it's time to make it after yrs of not having it lol.

  5. This cinnamon monkey bread looks so yummy and not hard to make. Christmas is over but will make this and family will love it. We have a sweet tooth and this would do the job.

  8. My Mom used to make this and we always thought it was thee funniest ever that it was called monkey bread. It is delicious! She used to add pecans if they were handy and it was always sicky gooey and good.

  10. My husband made something similar for our Christmas celebration with our kids - we did a brunch on the 20th (my son's girlfriend was going to be out of town starting the 23rd, so we had to celebrate early). His had apples in it also.

  13. I've always been intimidated by home-made cinnamon rolls, but this recipes easier, and really good! I'll give it a try on Saturday.

  15. This looks so yummy. My family would flip for this. So I'm going to follow your recipe and try it out. Thanks.

  18. Oh that looks so good! I used to make a garlic monkey bread many years ago, but lost the recipe. I am going to have to try this cinnamon one! YUM!

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