Every Christmas morning, my mom makes this and monkey bread. By the time we eat breakfast we’re starving after opening all of the gifts from Santa and each other. Even if we weren’t so hungry, the monkey bread would still disappear just as fast! 😉
Since I’m all about making things a little better for you, I decided it was prime time to do the same thing with monkey bread. Also, since life is a little bit more exciting these days, I took a short cut with the dough. I used store-bought biscuit dough, but feel free to make your own dough! 😀
If you’ve never had monkey bread, it’s certainly an experience. The little dough balls are covered in caramelized sugar and cinnamon, with dispersed crunchy pecans throughout! I never can decide if I like the gooey center pieces or the crunchy caramelized outside pieces. It’s all so good!!!
The beauty of making this semi-homemade healthier monkey bread is that it can be made and eaten within the same morning. It’s so wonderful sometimes to not have to wait for dough to rise, ya know?!?
Anyway.
I highly suggest you make it. You won’t regret it.
Well, your hips will.
Whole Grain Monkey Bread
heavily adapted from The Jones Way
Ingredients
- Grands Golden Wheat biscuits, cut into 8ths
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, in liquid form
How-To
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Spray a bundt pan with canola oil. Set aside.
- Either in a large bowl or large ziplock back, gently toss the biscuit pieces with the brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon, until evenly coated.
- Evenly spread the sugar coated biscuits into the bundt pan.
- Whisk the maple syrup and coconut oil together and evenly pour over the biscuits.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until light brown and hollow sounding to the tap.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes before flipping the monkey bread onto a plate.
- Enjoy warm!
Heck yes! This sounds awesome!
Mmmm…I LOVE Monkey bread! Have never tried whole grain though — will have to make that happen!
Can I blame you when I gain 5lb eating this? lol I don’t even care. It looks so good!
Oh my gosh. I want to throw a brunch party just to have an excuse to make this!! 🙂
My family loves monkey bread! We usually make it for birthdays, but I’m thinking we should add it to our Christmas breakfast so we can eat it more often! 😉
I love this stuff as well.. I would use the whole grain dough as well. 🙂
I love this bread, Caroline! Monkey bread is a favorite of mine!
That looks incredible! If only we had Grands Golden Wheat biscuits in Australia. No biscuits, no pumpkin, cool whip or instant pudding . . . I have to move! 😉
What are they thinking not letting you have those amazing things! Oye. Want me to send you some?!?!?
haha yes please 🙂
Crazy Australia, missing out is what we are! Boo I say boooooo 😉
Haha. I’m with Emma above! We’ve gotta go back to the US, huh? Where they have all the good stuff for baking!
These look super yummy. Love how simple it is! Only if we had ready made dough… 😉
Oh man this looks so good! I can’t allow myself to make monkey bread very often, I have zero self control around it 🙂
Monkey Bread is one of my favorite breakfasts! My mom used to make it for us all the time. I think its high time I make some myself. I love that you always make things slightly better for us. I definitely want to try this one 🙂
I live in england and we don’t get Grands Golden Wheat biscuits. Can I use normal digestives? and can I use a loaf tin for this? I don’t have a Bundt one. Thanks
Yes, you can use normal store-bought or homemade biscuit dough for this recipe. You can also use any pan, just be sure to only fill it 3/4th full and adjust your baking time. Happy Baking!
Okay thank you!