Monkey Bread

Monkey bread made with frozen rolls, brown sugar, pudding mix, and butter. Just layer it all in a bundt pan for an easy breakfast treat!

This recipe is pretty simple! Just layer in the ingredients, let it sit out to allow the rolls to rise, and bake it in a bundt pan. That’s it!

This monkey bread recipe is from my grandma and she has always used the Rhode’s frozen bake n serve dinner rolls. Now you do need to allow some time to let the rolls rise, so plan a little ahead when making this. 

I like to make it at night, let it sit all through the night time and then cook it in the morning. It needs to sit for about 8-10 hours before cooking to let the rolls rise.

It seems like a lot, but it only takes about 5 minutes to layer the ingredients in and the rest of the time is just waiting. Then in the morning, just pop it in the oven for about 30 minutes. 

This is an awesome centerpiece dish. Looks amazing for the little bit of work put in!

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Ingredients for Monkey Bread

Brown Sugar: Layered in the bottom of the bundt pan, makes the sticky sauce.

Walnuts or Pecans: Chopped up and put on the bottom of the bundt pan with the brown sugar.

Frozen Rolls: (Rhode’s frozen dinner rolls) Frozen rolls that are then layered in the bundt pan and then allowed to rise before baking.

Cinnamon: Mixed with the pudding mix and sprinkled over the rolls while they rise.

Vanilla Pudding Mix: (not the instant kind) Sprinkled over the rolls while they rise.

Butter: Chopped up into sections and layered in between the rolls while they rise.

How to make Monkey Bread

Coat a bundt pan with non stick cooking spray.

Layer the brown sugar and nuts at the bottom of the pan.

Add half the rolls, half the pudding mix, half the cinnamon, and half the butter.

Layer in the remaining rolls, and the rest of the pudding mix, cinnamon, and butter.

Cover with a towel and let sit out room temperature to rise 8-10 hours.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cook for 30-35 minutes.

As soon as you take it out of the oven, flip it over onto a plate or cake stand, to let all the gooey stuff drip down.

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