Christmas Morning Easy Monkey Bread

Quick & Easy Monkey Bread

This is the quick and easy recipe made with canned buttermilk biscuits. Don't get me wrong my favorite by far is the full homemade version of monkey bread with homemade yeast rolls, but sometimes time just isn't on your side.

For those of you not familiar with monkey bread it's a sweet, gooey, cinnamon infused pull- apart bread and a great thing for Christmas morning...or any morning! 

Also for a different taste add some pecans, raisins, or apples to give your monkey bread a whole new different flare. I like to add pecans and raisins every once in a while, but for the most part I just stick to the basic recipe.

If I make Monkey Bread on Christmas morning I almost always make the homemade version with frozen yeast rolls. If you're in a pinch for time this would work just as well.

Easy Monkey Bread

Ingredients:4 - cans (7.5 oz) refrigerated biscuits 

1 - cup packed brown sugar

1 - stick (1/2 cup) butter

1/2 - cup granulated sugar

2- tablespoons cinnamon

one recipe icing

Optional Powdered Sugar Glaze:

2- tablespoon butter, melted

2- cup powdered sugar

1 - teaspoon vanilla

3 - 4  tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9-10 inch tube or bundt pan. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together in a large zip lock bag. Cut the biscuits in half and then cut each one in half again making quarters.
 
Place eight to ten biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mixture and shake well making sure all pieces are covered. Arrange biscuits pieces in the bottom of the greased pan.Continue layering until all the biscuit pieces are coated and in the pan.
 
In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the layered biscuits making sure to cover all the biscuits with the boiled mixture. Bake for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 5 - 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate.
 
Drizzle with glaze and enjoy. To make the glaze add the melted butter to medium size bowl. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. (Start with 3 tablespoons adding more only if needed. Use a wire whisk to mix the ingredients together. You want a pourable consistency. Drizzle over cool cake.