Easy Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread Recipe
Sometimes you don’t want to monkey around (sorry, I had to!) and you just want to enjoy an amazing tasting dessert without any hassle or fuss. If you’re in the mood for an incredibly easy dessert recipe, this is for you! Traditional monkey bread, sometimes called pull-apart bread, is made by making a yeasted dough similar to what you’d use for cinnamon rolls, and rather than shaping it into rolls, you instead dice it into bite-sized pieces, pile them into a Bundt pan, and bake. This quick and easy monkey bread uses two tubes of refrigerated cinnamon roll dough to save the time and energy that you’d otherwise need to spend making scratch dough first. After cracking open the dough, simply dice it, coat it in cinnamon-and-sugar, place it in a Bundt pan, drizzle a buttery sauce over the top, and bake. The result is melt-in-your-mouth bites of cinnamon roll-flavored, buttery monkey bread. I use the icing that comes in the dough tubes as a final glaze which adds for a bit of extra juiciness and ooey-gooey sweetness to each bite. Make this simple monkey bread recipe with cinnamon roll dough for brunch, especially holiday brunches like Mother’s Day or for Easter or Christmas morning breakfast. It’s also a great little dessert to whip up for casual entertaining. The monkey bread pieces are just just waiting to be plucked off bite by bite!
Ingredients in Monkey Bread with Cinnamon Rolls
Grab the following handful of ingredients to make this easy shortcut monkey bread with refrigerated dough in about 45 minutes total time:
Granulated sugar Cinnamon Nutmeg Refrigerated cinnamon roll dough Chopped pecans or walnuts, optional Melted unsalted butter Maple syrup Light brown sugar
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How To Make Monkey Bread with Cinnamon Rolls
Tip – If you love icing, whisk together 2 tablespoons melted butter with about 1/3 cup powdered sugar and drizzle that, too! You can use cream cheese icing instead for a special treat.
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