Monkey Bread

This morning I made one of the easiest "breads", Monkey Bread! I bought a value pack of Grands buttermilk biscuits from Giant for this recipe and used walnuts in it too. The value pack is four 7.5-ounce cans of biscuits (40 smaller biscuits) that are bundled together rather than two 16.3 cans of biscuits. This pack had the Monkey Bread recipe on the package and the ingredient quantities varied a little from the recipe below. The recipe was 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 3/4 cup packed brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter and it said to bake it for 40-45 minutes, which would have been way too long. 28 minutes was perfect, so I am glad I looked at both recipes! Using the smaller cans does require more cutting since there are more biscuits so if you are in a hurry I would get the larger cans. I was not so I didn't mind! Other than that the two are pretty much the same. This is a great, simple recipe to make when you want a warm breakfast treat on a cold winter day!

Grands!®  Monkey Bread

½ cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cans (16.3 ounces each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

½ cup chopped walnuts, if desired

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

¾ cup butter or margarine, melted

Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In a large storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.

Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag with sugar and cinnamon to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts among the biscuit pieces.

In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.

Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

Makes 12 servings.

Buttermilk biscuits

Cut biscuits into quarters & coat with cinnamon & sugar

Place coated biscuits & walnuts in a greased bundt pan

Pour butter/brown sugar mixture over coated biscuits & chopped walnuts

Bake for 28-30 minutes

Cool in pan for 10 minutes

Turn upside down onto a serving plate & enjoy!

Photos by JoJo