Pull Apart Bread Recipes

Pull apart bread, sometimes called monkey bread is fun and easy to make. This page contains pull apart bread recipes.

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Monkey Bread

This sweet bread is easy, ooey-gooey, and makes enough for a crowd

Ingredients:

2-4 cans refrigerated biscuits, any brand
1 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon, or to taste

Directions:

Cut each biscuit into quarters. Have butter, melted in a small bowl, then another bowl of the sugar and cinnamon, mixed, sitting next to biscuits. Drop a few biscuit pieces in butter bowl, get out with a slotted spoon, allowing butter to drip back in bowl. Transfer to sugar bowl and toss to coat. Put into a tube or bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-30 minutes, watching carefully. When done in center, invert onto a plate or platter with sides. Serve warm.

This is fun to sit in a circle and pick at like monkeys.

Servings: 2 cans makes enough for 2-4 people, 4 cans makes enough for 6-8

Prep Time: 20 Minutes

Cooking Time: 20-30 Minutes

By kraftykaren from Mobile, AL

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Garlic Parmesan Monkey Bread

You may have had sweet monkey bread before, but this savory version is perfect to serve alongside a pasta dish. It is fun to make, and just as fun to eat!

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 1/3 cups warm water
2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp. salt
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 Tbsp. dried parsley flakes
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Directions:

In a large bowl, stir together the yeast and water. Let sit 5 minutes until yeast is foamy.
Mix in the olive oil, salt, and flour. If using a stand mixer, with a dough hook, knead the dough for 5-6 minutes, or until elastic. If you are going to knead it by hand, knead the dough on a lightly floured surface until dough is elastic, 7-10 minutes.
Place dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Allow it to rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until dough is doubled in size. It is preferable to put the bowl in a warm place.
In a small bowl, combine melted butter, parsley flakes, and minced garlic. Set aside.
Once dough has risen, remove the towel, and punch down the dough.
Pull off small pieces of dough (about tablespoon size), coat in garlic butter mixture, and place in the bottom of a bundt pan. Repeat this process until you have layered the bottom of the pan with dough balls.
Sprinkle on 1/2 of the Parmesan cheese. Place a second layer of coated dough balls in the pan, followed by the remaining cheese.
Cover the pan with a clean towel and allow it to double in size, approx. 20-30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until bread is golden brown.
Turn bundt pan upside over a plate. Serve hot with a side of marinara sauce.

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Pizza Inspired "Monkey Bread"

Little pillows of dough stuffed full of delicious gooey saucy pizza! Who doesn't LOVE pizza? This is a huge hit in my family not only because its absolutely delicious but also because my little ones have a blast helping me make it. Family fun!

Ingredients:

Bundt pan
Cooking spray
Mozzarella (you can choose to use string cheese cut up, fresh mozzarella cut up, or, our favorite, the little marinated mozzarella balls)
a large block of whatever other flavor cheese you like (Monterey Jack, cheddar, provolone, pepper jack)
Pepperoni (we use mini but I've made with regular too)
Grated Parmesan cheese
Garlic powder
Pizza seasoning (oregano, basil, etc)
Butter
Pizza sauce
Canned biscuits (2 cans make a half pan)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Spray pan with cooking spray

Cube hard cheeses (cut into mouth size pieces)

Melt butter in a dish.

Mix parmesan, garlic powder and herbs to your liking in a dish.

Open your biscuits and flatten them out enough to fit a few pepperonies and one piece of mozzarella and whatever other cheese you chose inside. Once flattened. assemble putting a few pepperonies and both cheeses on each flattened biscuit once finished pull sides of biscuits together and pinch closed.

Next dip each biscuit pizza ball into butter and then roll into the parmesan and herb mixture. Place inside bundt pan layering until out of biscuits

Bake at 325 degrees F for about 30-40 minutes.

Once done cooking, invert onto a plate and serve with a bowl of warm pizza sauce for dipping. Then just pull apart and dip!

Servings: 4-6 depending on how hungry!

Prep Time: 20-30 Minutes

Cooking Time: 30-40 Minutes

Source: I have seen versions of this recipe recently on the Internet however I thought this specific one up myself before I saw it anywhere else.

By mommyof3

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Monkey Bread

Ingredients

4 packages biscuit rolls - Pillsbury refrigerator style
2 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 cups sugar
nuts
raisins
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) margarine

Directions

Pull apart rolls into pieces and roll in cinnamon and put in bundt pan. Mix butter into mixture and on top. Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees F.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Texas Monkey Bread

Ingredients:

1 pkg. dry yeast
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
6 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup water
1 cup shortening
1 cup boiling water
1/2 lb. melted butter

Directions:

You need three separate bowls. Dissolve yeast in a small amount of lukewarm water. In another bowl, mix eggs, sugar, salt, and 1 cup water. In third bowl, pour boiling water over shortening. Combine all ingredients and add 6 cups flour. Mix well and let rise for 1 hour. Knead until good consistency. Pinch off in small balls and roll in butter. Place in tube pan and let rise for 1 hour. Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour. Brush with butter before and after baking.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Blueberry Monkey Bread

Ingredients

2/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
4 10 oz. cans refrigerated biscuits
1 1/4 cups dry packed frozen blueberries
2/3 cup brown sugar
10 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 cup dry packed frozen blueberries

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Thoroughly grease a 10 inch tube pan. Mix sugar and cinnamon. Cut biscuits into quarters. Roll each piece in cinnamon sugar mixture. Arrange 1/4 of the biscuits and blueberries in pan. Repeat with remaining biscuits and blueberries. Covering blueberries in one layer with biscuits in next layer.

In saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon and the additional cup of blueberries. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook stirring frequently until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted. Pour over biscuits in pan. Bake for 65 minutes or until done.

By Liz from Bisbee, Az

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Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
2 cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted, divided

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut biscuit dough into quarters with scissors. Mix sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Roll dough quarters in cinnamon-sugar. Place half of biscuits into greased 12 cup fluted tube pan. Drizzle with 1/4 cup of the melted butter. Top with remaining biscuit quarters and melted butter. Top unbaked loaf with remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture in bowl.

Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden. Meanwhile, prepare glaze. Let loaf stand 5 minute; invert onto serving plate.

Glaze: Beat 4 oz. cream cheese, softened, and 1/2 cup powdered sugar in bowl with electric mixer until well blended. Add 1-2 Tbsp. milk, beating until desired consistency is reached. Spoon over warm loaf.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread

An old family favorite! Fun!

Ingredients

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. Ground Cinnamon
3 cans (7.5 oz. each) Refrigerator buttermilk Biscuits
1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter or margarine, melted
4 oz. (1/2 of 8 oz. package) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1-2 Tbsp. Milk

Directions

Pre-heat oven 350 degrees F. Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl; Set aside. Cut each biscuit into quarters and roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Place half of the biscuit pieces into a greased 12 cup fluted tube pan (a bundt cake pan); Drizzle with half of the butter. Top with remaining biscuit pieces, Then drizzle with remaining butter. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar. Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan for 5 minutes; Invert onto a serving plate.

For glaze, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until blended well. Add 1 Tbsp. milk and beat until well blended. Beat in enough of remaining milk until glaze is desired consistency. Drizzle over warm bread. Serve warm. Just pull-apart the pieces of glazed biscuits. Kids and adults too love this fun and wonderful tasty desert.

Makes 12 servings

By Jackie from Norton, MA

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Pull-Apart Bacon Bread

Ingredients

12 bacon strips, diced
1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed (1lb.)
2 Tbsp. olive or vegetable oil, divided
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix

Directions

In a skillet, cook bacon over medium heat for 5 minutes or until partially cooked; drain on paper towels. Roll out dough to 1/2 inch thickness, brush with 1 Tbsp. of oil. Cut into 1 inch pieces; place in a large bowl. Add the bacon, cheese, dressing mix and remaining oil; toss to coat. Arrange pieces in a 9x4 oval on a greased baking sheet, layering as needed. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes or until doubled. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Cover with foil; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until golden brown.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Monkey Bread Using Butterscotch Pudding

I am looking for a Monkey Bread recipe using ice cream and butterscotch pudding.

Wanda from Clear Lake, SD

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Most Recent Answer

By Katie A. 09/12/2008

From http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,174,130176-241195,00.html

QUICK MONKEY BREAD

1 package frozen (yeast) dinner rolls
1 package regular butterscotch pudding
1/4 cup chopped nuts
3/4 cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons melted butter

Grease bundt pan. Sprinkle nuts on bottom. Arrange rolls over nuts. Sprinkle dry pudding over rolls. Mix sugar and melted butter together and pour (drizzle) over rolls. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Cover with towel and let rise over night or at least 8 hours.

Bake 350°F for 45 min to 1 hour.

COOL NO LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES. Turn pan over on serving dish and enjoy.

Submitted by: Dave Bush

Williams Sonoma Monkey Bread Recipe

I'm looking for the recipe from the Williams-Sonoma monkey bread mold package that has cream cheese rolled into it. Does anyone have that?

By Wondernana from Clovis, CA

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By kffrmw88 10/31/2009

pull apart: monkey bread.

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons orange zest
2 (12-ounce) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (10 count)
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, combine the granulated sugar, pecans, and zest; set aside. Separate the biscuits. Place about 3/4 teaspoon cream cheese in the center of each biscuit. Fold each biscuit in half over the cheese, pressing the edges to seal.

Dip the biscuits in melted butter, then dredge in the granulated sugar mixture. Place the biscuits, curved-side down, in a single layer in the hollows of a lightly greased 12-cup bundt pan, spacing them evenly (do not stack). Place any remaining biscuits around the tube, filling any gaps. Drizzle any remaining butter over the biscuits, and sprinkle with
any remaining sugar mixture. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Immediately invert the cake onto a serving platter. Combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice, stirring well; drizzle the glaze over the warm cake. Serve warm. Good luck.

Monkey Bread Recipe

Monkey Bread

Ingredients

3 (7.5 oz) country style biscuits
1/2 to 1 cup walnuts
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 stick of butter

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour Bundt pan. Sprinkle pan with handful of nuts. Open 1 can of biscuits, cut each into quarters. Combine white sugar and cinnamon. Dip cut biscuits in mixture and place in Bundt pan. Sprinkle with more nuts. Repeat for second and third cans. Sprinkle remaining sugar and cinnamon. mixture on top with remaining nuts. Melt butter with brown sugar, stir constantly until heated. Pour on top of bread. Bake for 40 minutes. Invert immediately and serve warm. Pull apart. Don't cut.

By Gary from New Jersey

RE: Monkey Bread

You can also use those biscuits that come in a tube. All you have to do is cut them in half. It may be easier than using frozen bread if you are in a hurry. (11/30/2004)

By tiffanyau

RE: Monkey Bread

I always alternate layers of raisins and pecans with the bread dough sooo good. Also make a sticky sauce of cup brown sugar and half stick butter and alternate these to makes a good sticky monkey bread. very addicting.LOL (12/07/2005)

By janneba

RE: Monkey Bread Recipes

Yes, this is an excellent recipe. I too, have used the canned biscuits. They are wonderful! Am looking forward to trying the butterscotch pudding for a tasty change, as I love butterscotch! Thanks for the excellent recipes. (04/25/2006)

By tina Nobles

RE: Monkey Bread Recipes

I like using the butter biscuits when I make mine...also, may sister adds walnuts to hers. Really good. Mair (04/27/2006)

By Mair

RE: Monkey Bread Recipes

Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes. I always use frozen bread dough for any recipe that calls for bread dough or biscuits. It saves on time and the taste is unbelieveably close to homemade. Rhodes frozen dough is my favorite, you can buy the loaves or rolls. They also make yummy cinnamon rolls. Thanks again! (12/12/2007)

By Carrie

Monkey Bread Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups milk
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/2 cup sugar
2 packages. yeast
1/2 cup water
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. salt
1 cup potato water*
6 cup flour
melted butter
cinnamon and sugar
Parmesan cheese and parsley flakes

Directions

Heat milk, cooking oil and sugar and cool to lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in water. Combine milk and yeast mixtures. Add eggs, salt and potato water. Add flour and mix well. Turn into greased bowl and grease top. Cover with tea towel and let rise in warm place. To make into monkey bread loaf, punch dough down, roll in flour, pinch off pieces and roll into 1 1/2 inch oblong shapes. Dip each into melted butter, or melted butter and cinnamon and sugar, or melted butter and Parmesan cheese and parsley flakes. Lay in greased and floured ring mole or bundt pan as you would stack bricks. Let rise and bake at 350 degrees F for 30-45 minutes or until brown.

*Note: Peel and cube 1 potato and cook until very soft in 1 1/4 cups water. Mash potato in the water.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Monkey Bread Recipes

Monkey Bread

I know most of us have made Monkey Bread at least once in our life; however, our family enjoys it so much that I thought I would send the recipe out to those that may not have made it in a while. Also, below the recipe are some ideas that may make your monkey bread a little more interesting:

Ingredients

4 cans of refrigerated biscuits
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup butter or margarine

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut biscuits into quarters. Melt remaining ingredients together in a small saucepan or microwave. Place half of biscuit quarters into a greased Bundt pan and sprinkle chopped pecans or raisins on top if you have them on hand. Pour 1/2 of butter mixture over the top and repeat with remaining biscuits. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-40 minutes.

Additional Ideas: I keep the cinnamon sugar mixture in a left-over bread bag in the freezer. I mix enough to have for several uses and drop the cut up biscuits right into the bag and shake them to coat. You can use butterscotch pudding mix in place of the cinnamon sugar, but you will need to cut down on the brown sugar just a bit. Also to make a savory variety try using garlic powder, or herbs and even some grated cheese instead of the sweet ingredients. Just start MONKEYING AROUND with it!

By Marnita from Cumming, GA

Monkey Bread Recipe

Monkey Bread

Ingredients

1 package butterscotch pudding mix (cook & serve type)
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans (opt.)
1/2 cup butter or margarine (melted)
3 tubes refrigerated biscuits

Directions

Dip several pieces into the butter, then place in the plastic bowl with the other ingredients; cover and shake. Remove to a greased 10 inch fluted tube pan. Combine until all the biscuit pieces are coated. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan for 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Monkey Bread Recipe

Monkey Bread

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
4 tubes (10 ea.) buttermilk biscuits

1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions

Mix 3/4 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp. cinnamon. Quarter each biscuit and roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture. Drop into greased bundt pan.

Bring to boil 1 cup sugar, 3/4 cup butter and 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Pour over biscuits. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes. Immediately remove from pan. Serve warm.

By Robin from Washington, IA