Monkey And Gorilla Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Combine pudding mix, sugar, cinnamon and, if desired, pecans. Pour butter into a shallow bowl; quarter biscuits. Dip several pieces into butter; place in pudding mixture and toss to coat. , Arrange in a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Repeat until all biscuit pieces are coated. Bake until browned, 30-35 minutes. Cool 5-10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch tube pan.
• Cut bread dough apart 2 1/2-inch pieces. Chop cream cheese into 1/2-inch cubes. Flatten the same number of dough pieces into small circles as you have pieces of cream cheese (reserve remaining dough). Fold a piece of cream cheese into each flattened dough circle and pinch the seams closed. Roll all the filled and unfilled pieces of dough into balls.
• Combine sugar with cinnamon in a bowl and roll all the dough balls in the cinnamon sugar; set aside. Bring butter and brown sugar to a boil in a saucepan, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 minute.
• Layer half the filled and unfilled dough balls with half the walnuts and raisins in the prepared tube pan; pour half the brown sugar syrup over the mixture. Layer remaining dough balls, walnuts, and raisins into the pan and pour remaining syrup over the gorilla bread.
• Bake gorilla bread in the preheated oven until golden brown and the dough has baked through, 35 to 45 minutes. Let bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a serving platter. To serve, pull the bread apart.

Steps:

• .::||Monkey Bread Instructions||::.
• Butter and flour a bundt pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon. Cut refrigerator biscuits in half and toss in cinnamon and sugar mixture.
• Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; then add nuts.
• Line the bundt pan with biscuits and pour butter mixture over them.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid sticking.
• .::||Gorilla Bread Instructions||::.
• Butter and flour a bundt pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon.
• Separate biscuits and flatten each slightly with your hand. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon and sugar mixture onto each biscuit.
• Place one cube of cream cheese in center of biscuit and fold in half to resemble a half moon.
• Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; remove from the heat.
• Place 1/2 cup nuts on the bottom of the bundt pan and then line the pan with a row of cream cheese filled biscuits.
• Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Drizzle half of the butter mixture on top and then repeat steps, beginning with nuts.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid sticking.
• Place the Monkey on the Gorilla's back and enjoy!

Steps:

• In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat brown sugar and butter on high for 1 minute or until sugar is dissolved; set aside. , Flatten each biscuit into a 3-in. circle. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon in the center of each biscuit. Top with a cream cheese cube. Fold dough over filling; pinch edges to seal tightly., Sprinkle 1/2 cup walnuts into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Layer with half of the biscuits, cinnamon-sugar and butter mixture and 1/2 cup walnuts. Repeat layers., Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Cut dough into 16 pieces.
• Combine melted butter, egg, parsley, and garlic powder. Dip pieces of dough into the butter mixture, coating completely. Arrange in a single layer in the prepared pan and pour any remaining butter mixture over top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until dough just reaches the top of the pan, about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake monkey bread in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool in the pan slightly before serving.