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Gooey Caramel Monkey Bread

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In: Bread, Breakfast, Caramel, Muffins and Baking, Sweet Things
December 8, 2017
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    Monkey Bread on a Plate
    This recipe is sponsored by Land O’Lakes

    Gooey gooey goooooey is the name of the game here.

    Gooey Monkey Bread. With caramel sauce. Made from scratch. Or not, I guess, if you’d rather not? There’s always those canned biscuits you could use if you’re short on time (been there). Or overwhelmed with life (also been there). Or hangry (do I even need to say?).

    But guys. Here’s my pitch: I really think you should go for the made-from-scratch version this year.

    We can handle this! Look at us, being all grown up. Adulting and all that. You will be big-time rewarded with fluffy dough and amazing bread smells for all your hard work. And hard work = 30 seconds of stirring.

    This brioche dough that we’re using is ultra-pillowy, soft, and luscious. Also: stupidly easy. Remember whose blog you’re reading, okay? Bread Idiot, that’s who. I have zero time for fussy bread recipes. As soon as I have to bust out any type of special equipment – a scale, a thermometer, a Danish dough whisk? First of all, no. Secondly, store-bought bread all the way.

    I ONLY do homemade bread if it’s completely foolproof. And this one is completely foolproof.

    How to Make Our Caramel Monkey Bread (1 MIN):

    Monkey Bread Made From Scratch

    As is the sauce! When you use Land O Lakes® Butter and Heavy Whipping Cream, you really don’t need much else to get the caramel sauce of your dreams. The butter and the brown sugar alone would make a lovely caramel sauce, but you are not looking for lovely, are you? You are looking for an elevated, next level, knock-your-holiday-slippers-off kind of caramel situation, which is where that heavy cream comes in.

    Land O'Lakes Heavy Cream

    I could (did) stand in front of that pan of silky caramel sauce with a spoon. A straight-up SPOON. This caramel is not messing around.

    Caramel Going on Monkey Bread

    Before baking (um, caramel overload)…

    Monkey Bread Before Baking

    And after.

    Monkey Bread After Baking

    Did you guys know: monkey bread is also called “monkey puzzle bread, sticky bread, Hungarian coffee cake, golden crown, pinch-me cake, and pluck-it cake” and it most commonly refers to “a soft, sweet, sticky pastry served in the United States for breakfast” according to Wiki? Aka what are we even doing in America. Eating buttery bread drenched in caramel sauce for BREAKFAST. For breakfast?!

    Dear America, I hardcore love us right now.

    Monkey Bread with Caramel

    Happy holiday brunching, friends.

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    Gooey Caramel Monkey Bread


    ★★★★★
    4.8 from 6 reviews
    • Author: Lindsay
    • Yield: 10
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    Description

    This Gooey Caramel Monkey Bread is LOADED with homemade caramel sauce and made with a pillowy homemade brioche dough. Perfect made-from-scratch, crowd-pleasing recipe that is conveniently low-maintenance. Just how I like it.

    Ingredients

    For the Dough:

    • 1 cup lukewarm water
    • 1 packet instant yeast (about 2 teaspoons)
    • 2 teaspoons salt
    • 1/4 cup honey or sugar
    • 4 large eggs
    • 3/4 cup butter (melted)
    • 4 1/2 cups flour (more for dusting)

    ??You can also just use canned biscuit dough if you prefer, but I strongly recommend making your dough from scratch! The smells! The pillowy texture! Worth it.

    For the Caramel Sauce:

    • 1/2 cup butter (I prefer salted)
    • 1/2 cup Land O Lakes® Heavy Whipping Cream
    • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
    • a hit of sea salt if you like that kinda thing

    Instructions

    1. Make the Dough: Mix all the dough ingredients together in a mixing bowl, adding flour last. The mixture will be sticky. Cover loosely with plastic wrap or a damp towel. Set aside in a warm-ish place to rise for 2 hours. Once it has risen, transfer to the fridge to chill so it’s easier to handle.
    2. Roll the Dough: When the dough has chilled, roll out half of it on a floured surface to a medium thickness. Cut it into bite-sized pieces or roll into balls. Wrap the other half of the dough in plastic wrap and store in the freezer for next time.
    3. Make the Sauce: Melt the butter, heavy cream, and brown sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and heat for exactly five minutes. Remove from heat.
    4. Assemble: In a bundt® pan or pie pan, layer: 1/4 cup caramel sauce, dough, 1/4 cup caramel sauce, dough, 1/4 cup caramel sauce. Reserve the remaining sauce.
    5. Bake: Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until the top pieces are browning a little bit. Invert onto a serving plate and top with extra sauce if you want (um, yes, I DO WANT). Enjoy!

    Notes

    Ideal schedule for warm, gooey, made-from-scratch monkey bread in the morning:

    • 8pm – mix up the dough
    • 10pm – pop dough in fridge
    • 8am – make sauce and bake!

    This batch makes twice the amount of dough you need, so I’d suggest that the remaining dough can be used for round two of monkey bread, or cinnamon rolls, or a tea ring… you name it! The dough doesn’t do great in the fridge for long periods of time (it gets a fermented taste to it), so I’d suggest freezing it. And then you will want to bring the chilled dough back to room temperature before baking. I usually just let it sit on the counter while I make the sauce and that seems to work fine.

    The sauce will firm up as it cools. To use the last of your sauce on the baked bread, just gently heat it in the saucepan again and it should loosen back up.

    It does not work to make the sauce ahead and save it. When I did this, the sauce on the monkey bread turned into more of a hard caramel. So make your caramel sauce fresh if you want it to be nice and gooey.

    This recipe works best if your eggs are at room temperature (if they are too cold, it can affect the rise time for the dough). I usually just stick them in a bowl of warm water to warm them up and then crack them into the dough bowl.

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