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surprise monkey bread

(22 RATINGS)
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Love to cook in, AL
Updated on Aug 6, 2022

This is very yummy and gooey! Great for breakfast or snack.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This isn't your everyday monkey bread! Inside each flaky biscuit is a sweet cream cheese filling surprise. It's also layered with a brown sugar glaze that bakes into the bread. The nuts on top add a nice crunch and are caramelized. They take on a praline flavor. Whether your guests pull it apart or slice it, this monkey bread will disappear in no time.

— The Test Kitchen
prep time 25 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Bake
yield 12 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 2 tubes 10-count refrigerated buttermilk flaky biscuits
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 package cream cheese cut into 20 cubes (8 oz)
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

How To Make surprise monkey bread

  • Butter and brown sugar in a bowl in a microwave.
    Step 1
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat brown sugar and butter on high for 1 minute or until sugar is dissolved; set aside.
  • Flattening a biscuit.
    Step 2
    Flatten each biscuit into a 3-in. circle.
  • Sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
    Step 3
    Combine sugar and cinnamon.
  • 1/2 tsp of cinnamon sugar on the flattened biscuit.
    Step 4
    Sprinkle a heaping 1/2 teaspoon in the center of each biscuit.
  • A cube of cream cheese on the biscuit and pinching the biscuit closed.
    Step 5
    Top with a cream cheese cube. Fold dough over filling; pinch edges to seal tightly.
  • Adding walnuts to a Bundt pan.
    Step 6
    Sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts (if desired) into a 10-in fluted tube pan coated with cooking spray.
  • Half the biscuits added to the pan.
    Step 7
    Layer in order with half of the biscuits.
  • Half the brown sugar and butter mixture added to the pan.
    Step 8
    Then top with 1/2 brown sugar and butter mixture.
  • Walnuts sprinkled into the pan and layers repeated.
    Step 9
    Then sprinkle 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans. Repeat layers.
  • Monkey bread baking in the oven.
    Step 10
    Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Hot monkey bread inverted onto a plate.
    Step 11
    Immediately invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 1 loaf (12 servings).

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