Cinnamon and pecans are always a good idea. Add them to soft, fluffy monkey bread and you have an absolute winner on your hands.
What is monkey bread?
Monkey bread is a recipe made with soft, enriched dough balls, rolled in butter and cinnamon sugar before being baked until golden and delicious. It is often served as breakfast, brunch or a sweet snack.
Ingredients
Full recipe with amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
- Warm water. The water needs to be warm, not hot. If you stick your finger into the water it should feel like nothing. This is called blood temperature and is ideal for activating yeast. Hot water will kill the yeast.
- Instant yeast.
- Sugar.
- Flour. I used all purpose flour.
- Salt.
- Oil.
- Melted butter.
- Cinnamon.
- Pecans.
How to make monkey bread
- Make the dough: Whisk the yeast and sugar into the warm water and allow to stand for 5 minutes. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the flour and salt. Pour in the water and yeast mixture and oil. Knead for 5 minutes on a medium speed until the dough is soft and slightly tacky. Cover and allow to rise for an hour at room temperature or overnight in the fridge.
- Assemble the monkey bread: Grease a bundt pan then add one third of the pecans. Divide the dough into 30 even pieces. Roll each into a ball then roll in melted butter followed by cinnamon sugar. Place the dough balls in the bundt pan and layer with the pecans. Pour any remaining butter and cinnamon sugar over the top.
- Bake: Place in the oven and allow to bake for 25-30 minutes until the house smells dreamy and the bread is golden brown and risen. Remove from the oven and carefully flip onto a serving plate. Allow to cool for 10 minutes then serve.
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Cinnamon pecan monkey bread
Cinnamon and pecans are always a good idea. Add them to soft, fluffy monkey bread and you have an absolute winner on your hands.
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Servings: 10
Calories: 573kcal
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 cup warm water
- 10 g (2tsp) instant yeast
- 2 tsp sugar
- 4 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp oil canola/avocado/sunflower
For the monkey bread
- 1 cup melted butter
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 cups pecans roughly chopped
Instructions
- Whisk the yeast and sugar into the warm water and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the flour and salt. Pour in the water and yeast mixture and oil.
- Knead for 5 minutes on a medium speed until the dough is soft and slightly tacky.
- Cover and allow to rise for an hour at room temperature or overnight in the fridge.
- Grease a bundt pan then add one third of the pecans. Divide the dough into 30 even pieces. Roll each into a ball then roll in melted butter followed by cinnamon sugar. Place the dough balls in the bundt pan and layer with the pecans. Pour any remaining butter and cinnamon sugar over the top. Cover and allow to rise for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
- Place in the oven and allow to bake for 25-30 minutes until the house smells dreamy and the bread is golden brown and risen.
- Remove from the oven and carefully flip onto a serving plate. Allow to cool for 10 minutes then serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 573kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 396mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 581IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 3mg
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