This Pull-apart Monkey Bread is a classic! Not only does it taste delicious, but you get to eat it with your hands…and that makes it even better!
Prep Time30mins
Cook Time35mins
Resting Time8hrs45mins
Total Time9hrs50mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cinnamon, monkey bread, pull apart
Servings: 12servings
Calories: 629kcal
Author: David
Ingredients
For the Dough
5cupsall-purpose flour
2¼tspactive dry yeasti.e. one ¼-oz. package
¼cupgranulated sugar
¾tspsalt
1½cupswhole milkwarm but not hot
6Tbspunsalted butter, softened
2large eggs
1large egg yolk
For the Filling
1cupunsalted butter, divided
1cupgranulated sugar
4tspground cinnamondivided
1¼cupsbrown sugar
½tspground nutmeg
½Tbspvanilla extract
For the Glaze
1cuppowdered sugar
1½Tbspmilk
½tspvanilla extract
Instructions
For the Dough
Using a countertop mixer, add flour, yeast, sugar and salt; stir until well combined.
Add milk, butter, eggs and additional egg yolk; mix on low speed until well combined. Increase speed to medium, and mix for 3-4 minutes or until a smooth dough forms.
Transfer dough into a large, greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight, or at least 8 hours.
For the Filling
The next morning, spray a 10-12 cup bundt pan with baking spray; set pan aside.
Make the filling by melting ½ cup (4 oz.) of butter in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, combine sugar and 2 tsp of ground cinnamon. Set butter and cinnamon-sugar aside. (Note: Remaining butter and cinnamon will be used later.)
Turn dough out onto lightly-floured countertop or cutting board. Fold dough several times to remove air. Pull off a piece of dough and roll into a ~1 ball. Dip ball into melted butter and then roll in cinnamon-sugar. Place ball into greased bundt pan. Repeat with remaining dough. (Note: You should aim for for ~40 dough balls in this stage.)
Cover pan with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Melt remaining ½ cup (4 oz.) of butter in a medium bowl. Add brown sugar, nutmeg, vanilla and remaining 2 tsp of cinnamon; stir until well combined. Spread mixture evenly on top of dough balls in pan.
Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes, or until top of monkey bread begins to turn golden brown. (Tip: Put a baking sheet on a lower rack in the oven. The Filling sometimes bubbles over and drips out of the pan, and the baking sheet will make clean-up easy!)
Let bread rest in pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto large serving plate. Let cool for 10 more minutes.
In a medium bowl, make the Glaze by whisking together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract. Drizzle glaze over top of monkey bread.
Notes
The dough for this recipe is made the night before. It only takes about 10 minutes to make…it’s worth the effort!