My love for monkey bread holds no bounds. I make monkey bread often and you can find a few recipes here for monkey bread, all different, all decadent, all delicious. If you think I’m exaggerating, don’t! It’s gooey pull apart bread loaded with whatever delicacies you can think of. In this case I paired it together with the makings of apple pie, another one of my favorites. I think you get my point, even if I may tend to exaggerate a bit. Though honestly when you place a monkey bread in my face I could probably polish it off in no time at all, that’s how much I love these sticky gooey breads. Of course if you want to simplify this recipe even further you could use apple pie filling, but I prefer fresh apples with some brown sugar and cinnamon. Trust me, they’re better. You cook them in a bit of butter for about 5 minutes and they caramelize so nicely, you might want to eat them before you add them to the monkey bread.
Ingredients
Biscuits – We’re using store bought tubes of biscuit dough today – keep it nice and easy for yourselves! Apples – I used about 8 small apples today, peeled, cored, and chopped into even bite sized pieces. Spices – We’re just using cinnamon today – the quintessential apple pie flavor! Sugar – Brown sugar to add some notes caramel and molasses. Lemon – Fresh juice from approximately 1 lemon. This will prevent our apples from browning too quickly and will also add some brightness to our filling. Butter – Unsalted so as to control the sodium content of our dessert. Sauce – Store bought chocolate sauce – totally optional but completely delicious!
Want To Make Your Own Biscuits?
Well you certainly are ambitious! But I won’t fault you for it, I mean I always say that fresh is best. I have a perfect recipe right here on the blog for biscuits, so drop the dough in raw and bake just as instructed in the recipe above.
How To Make Apple Pie Monkey Bread
What Can I Top My Monkey Bread With?
Some drizzled chocolate sauce would go beautifully over top, Nutella, maybe a sprinkle of powdered sugar, or some shaved chocolate, and a dollop of whipped cream. I think I better stop there before I run down to the kitchen and finish the rest of these off.
What Else Can I Use In My Filling?
You can use lots of different fillings in your monkey bread! The only limit is what you can think of.
Pecan pie filling Pumpkin Chocolate Peach Strawberry rhubarb Cherries Blueberries
Storing Leftovers
Don’t store the monkey bread in the fridge, it does far better and stays more moist right on the counter! It will keep covered for 3 – 4 days. You can store it in an airtight container for up to 3 months in the freezer!
More Incredible Desserts To Try:
Perfect Peach Pie Apple Pie Cake Berry Summer Pie Scrumptious Caramel Pear Pie Mini Blueberry Galettes The Best Chocolate Cake Easy Strawberry Cake
