Monkey Bread–or pull-apart bread–as many people call it, is a popular dish at our house. We make it in two versions, a cinnamon-sugar version for breakfast and a cheese-garlic-herb version for dinner.
This is an incredibly easy recipe. Pretty much foolproof.
Start with a batch of basic bread dough. I use the dinner roll recipe from the Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook. You can make your dough from scratch or use frozen bread dough.
Next, you’ll need a pan. My preference is for an angel food cake pan, though I’ve also used a bundt pan and a pair of 9″ round cake pans. Grease your pans.
Melt a stick of butter in the microwave. In another bowl, combine about 3/4- 1 cup of grated parmesan cheese (you can use either fresh or the kind in the can), 2 tablespoons of parsley flakes and 1 teaspoon of garlic.
Form the dough into walnut size balls–they don’t need to be perfectly round. Dip each dough into the butter and then into the cheese/garlic mixture and drop into the pan. Just drop them in loosely. Don’t pack them in tight. Continue this until they’re all done.
Cover with a towel and let rise about 45 minutes or so or until doubled in size, more or less.
Bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes until the top is golden brown.
Cool slightly (long enough so you don’t burn your fingers or your tongue) and then dig in!
If you use an angel food pan, it makes it really easy to remove. Just run a knife around the bottom and the middle and it easily removes to a serving plate.
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If you want to make these for breakfast, just substitute 3/4 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, mixed well, for the cheese/garlic/herb mixture. Everything else is the same, but cinnamon-sugar seems to take a little longer to cook.
Guess what we’re having for breakfast this morning.
HI Marie,
My family loves monkey bread. We have enjoyed the sweet variety, with nuts, honey, and even Nutella a few times. Your savory version is wonderful, one I will definitely be trying out! While I always LIKE to make my own dough, time doesn’t always allow for that. Ready made bread dough works much better than the recipes I see that call for canned dinner rolls. In fact, using the frozen white bread dough is almost as good as home made dough!
BTW – Your photography is superb!
Hmm, funny name, in my country this recipe has an other name, but it doesn’t matter because no matter the name it tastes the same. I actually just ate some a couple of weeks ago (no exactly like that, but something similar) because we have ( orthodox ) a religious holiday which has as a custom to eat this kind of bread but with nuts and sugar on top.
I love cinnamon-sugar monkey bread. I imagine that this is super yummy, too!
This will be really fun to try.
Never heard of “Money Bread” before, but this does sound really tasty, will certainly have to give this a try
Maire,
I love this recipe! I have tried the cinnamon monkey bread and I will definitely have to add the garlic monkey bread to my repertoire! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Marie:
What a name. Monkey bread. Well it adds to the fun of making it. You have added a choice of flavors for different times. I like that. Because sometimes only sweet bread feels good and other time a little savory feels better. This Monkey bread can be used for both occasions with a little change
All the best
Fran A
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