The monkey bread tastes amazing, is ready from start to finish in about 45 minutes, and is EASY! No yeast, no waiting, no dough to roll, no mixer. It’s a perfect dessert for holiday celebrations, lazy weekend mornings, brunches, and weeknights. Who can resist tearing off soft, warm, fresh chunks of bread with a cinnamon-sugar coating and caramel sauce!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Cooling Time10 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Course: Bread, Rolls, Muffins & Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Bisquick monkey bread, monkey bread from Bisquick, monkey bread with Bisquick, monkey pull apart bread, pull apart monkey bread, recipe for easy monkey bread
Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 12-cup Bundt or fluted tube cake pan very well with cooking spray, floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan. Make sure to get all the nooks and crannies, including the center tube; set aside.
Cinnamon-Sugar Coating – To a small bowl, add the sugar, cinnamon, stir to combine; set aside.
Dough – To a large microwave-safe bowl, add the butter and heat on high power to melt, about 1 minute.
Add the remaining dough ingredients (except the caramel sauce) and stir to combine. If necessary, add a tablespoon or two of extra Bisquick, or as necessary, so dough isn’t overly sticky.
Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop or your hands, form approximately 22 to 24 mounds of dough, roll each mound through the cinnamon-sugar mixture, and place in prepared tube pan, filling it evenly. I used a 2-tablespoon scoop and made 22 mounds. After placing all mounds in pan, it looks very skimpy but the dough rises dramatically in the oven.
Evenly sprinkle any remaining cinnamon-sugar over dough; set aside.
Sauce – In a 2-quart saucepan or similar, melt 1 cup butter.
Stir in the brown sugar and heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 2 minutes; remove from heat.
Pour sauce over dough balls in pan.
Bake for about 22 to 28 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the larger mounds of dough comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter.
Allow monkey bread to cool in pan for about 10 minutes on top of a wire rack.
Place a large plate over the top of tube pan and invert to remove monkey bread from pan.
Optionally, evenly drizzle with caramel sauce prior to serving.
Notes
Monkey bread is best warm and fresh, but will keep airtight for up to 3 days.