Pre-portioned Monkey Bread
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One of the summer camps I went to as a kid had different clubs you could join, and ~naturally~ I found myself drawn towards the cooking club. We baked fun treats and recorded the recipes down in our little booklets.
The only recipe I remember making is monkey bread because of the funky name. I hadn't eaten it since then, but something about sweet gooey soft cinnamon-y bread was really calling to me, and my roommate was heading out to a party, so I figured this was the perfect time to bake up a batch so I could eat one and he could take the rest away from me, haha. I'm pretty sure we made it from scratch back then in summer camp, but I went lazy mode this time by using the pre-made biscuit dough you can find in the refrigerated section of the grocery store.
Ingredients
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- 1 can of biscuits (~16oz)
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 c light brown sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 c powered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp milk
Methodology
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. This is going to coat all the ballssss.
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Cower in fear as you do the exploding thing with the can of biscuits to open it up, then regroup and recover and start cutting the biscuits into 6 pieces--cut in half, and then cut each half into thirds.
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Form the cut biscuit pieces into balls.
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Melt the butter and set up something that resembles a breading station.
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Dip the balls into the butter...
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...then roll and coat with the sugar-cinnamon mix...
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...and repeat that with all the balls. Place them into a greased muffin tin, with four balls in each cavity.
Bake for 15 minute, and allow to cool.
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To create the glaze, mix the milk, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Drizzle it over the cool(er) monkey bread.
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Results
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Sticky, warm, and sweet. As delightful as the version that's usually made in a bundt pan, but portioned into muffin-size cups to make sure you're not going overboard on the sweets.
If you make them, I recommend heating slightly before serving because the temp absolutely makes a different and softens everything again.