Breads

Monkey Bread

photo by:kraft

No Sunday brunch is complete without sweet, icing-drizzled monkey bread. Our instructions make prep a breeze so you can relax, then enjoy pulling off a warm piece of yummin...read more

time

prep:

30 min

total:

3 hr

servings

total:

20 servings

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What You Need

cup milk

3/4

cup plus 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine, divided

1/4

cup sugar

tsp. salt

pkg. active dry yeast

1/2

cup warm water (105°F to 115°F)

cups flour, divided

egg

Make It

COOK milk, 1/2 cup butter, sugar and salt in saucepan on low heat just until milk is warmed and butter is melted. Remove from heat; set aside.

SPRINKLE yeast over warm water in large bowl; stir until yeast is completely dissolved. Stir in milk mixture. Add 3 cups flour; stir until blended. Add egg; mix well. Gradually add enough of the remaining flour to form soft dough, stirring until well blended after each addition. Place in large bowl sprayed with cooking spray. Melt remaining butter; brush 1 Tbsp. onto dough. Cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place 1 hour or until doubled in volume.

PUNCH down dough; divide into 2-1/2-inch balls. Dip balls in remaining melted butter; place in layers in 10-inch tube pan. Place on baking sheet; cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place 45 min. or until doubled in volume.

HEAT oven to 375°F. Bake, uncovered, 40 to 45 min. or until golden brown. Cool 5 min.; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

You'll know it's a special occasion when you get to enjoy a serving of this bread.

Special Extra

To add an easy glaze, just mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 5 tsp. milk. If necessary, stir in additional 1 tsp. milk until glaze is of desired consistency. Drizzle over cooled bread. Let stand until glaze is firm.

Variation

Prepare as directed, using a 10-inch fluted tube pan, reducing oven temperature to 350°F, and increasing the baking time to 50 min. to 1 hour or until golden brown.

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Rknurr05

posted:

2/16/2009

It is kind of a weird name, but it taste really good!

Aprilhowell80

posted:

12/23/2008

Iam in the process of making this bread right now. Im a little concerned the dough seem very sticky. not like my mothers homeade bread dough. I dont know if I need to add more flour or what. i guess we will see after I bake it.

james7227

posted:

12/8/2008

I found this recipe to be easy,fun, and delicious. bravo kraft

budercup1

posted:

6/24/2007

Everyone in my family loved it! They all thought it was from a bakery it looked and tasted so good!

dixielicious00

posted:

6/9/2007

I like making things homemade, and when I did my mom was proud of me, we carried it to our reunion and we told no one that I made it. And it was gone before we left.

A3680

posted:

5/10/2007

Try using two packages of jumbo plain biscuts instead of making the dough from scratch. Cut each biscut into four pieces, and line pan that way. Way easier, and just as good. I also put a few mini chocolate chips into mine between layers

a cook

posted:

4/11/2007

I tried making this twice and found out from a chef that this dough recipe is hard to make the bread rise. I think it would be better of this resipe is revised a little bit and gives better baking instructions on how to knead the bread and make it rise better.

dtowncook

posted:

2/15/2006

Made this with the help of my 11 year old for the Superbowl. Was the hit of the party and my 11 year old was bragging how he made it for the party

julieannfayhee

posted:

12/9/2004

My mother mad this recipe when I was a child and it tastes just at good as her's.

hunEbucket_o_poo

posted:

2/12/2004

this waz really great. my family luved it when they tastedit.