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old fashioned monkey bread

Easy Monkey Bread Recipe

This is a recipe for classic monkey bread. If you’re looking for an easy old fashioned monkey bread recipe then you landed in the right spot. This recipe is a personal favorite of mine, you will make bakery-quality old fashioned homemade monkey bread right from your home.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Proofing 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 55 minutes
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 200 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • Monkey Bread Dough
  • 500 grams all purpose flour
  • 20 grams fresh yeast
  • 100 grams water
  • 150 grams eggs
  • 10 grams salt
  • 75 grams sugar
  • 75 grams butter
  • Coating
  • 150 grams brown sugar
  • 92 grams granulated sugar
  • 8 grams cinnamon
  • 200 grams butter for coating the dough pieces

Instructions
 

  • Add all the monkey bread dough ingredients into a stand mixer with the hook attachment and mix 8 minutes on slow speed and 5 minutes of high speed.
  • Tranfer dough onto a flour working surface and divide into small pieces, about 20 grams each.
  • Prepare the coating, add the both sugar and cinnamon into a bowl and mix together.
  • Melt the butter, then coat each dough. Toss the pieces into the cinnamon mixture and coat.
  • Place into greased bundt or tube cake pan.
  • Cover and allow to proof for about 2 hours or until it doubles in size.
  • Preheat the oven to 180C.
  • Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until dark golden brown.
  • Remove the monkey bread from the oven and turn over onto a wire rack to release it.
  • Allow to cool for 30-45 minutes.
  • Enjoy!
    old fashioned monkey bread
Keyword Bakery Style Monkey Bread, Easy Monkey Bread, Monkey Bread, Old Fashioned Monkey Bread, Traditional Monkey Bread