Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread
This recipe is perfect for the holidays. It's always a favorite at Brunch Cooking Classes. I like to use Granny Smith Apples, and the Eco Chop makes it a breeze to chop the apples. You can easily make this the night before and bake, and warm it the next morning.
Fun Food Fact:
Monkey Bread, also known as Bubble Loaf, Pinch Me Cake, or Hungarian Coffee Cake, began appearing in women's magazines and community cookbooks back in the 1950's. The origin of the name is unknown, though it has been suggested the bread resembles the monkey puzzle tree whose prickly branches make it difficult to climb.
Some feel the name derives from the act of pulling the pastry apart with their fingers. much like monkeys would do if they were presented with such a treat.
Tools used: Perforated Baking Sheet, Spiral bon Mold, Kitchen Scissors, Eco Chop, Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
3 cups apples, peeled and diced small
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/3 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 Tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 (12 oz each) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. place the Spiral bon Mold on the Perforated Baking Sheet.
In the Medium Round Mold, toss together chopped apples, 2 Tablespoons sugar, and 2 teaspoons cinnamon.
Cook for 2 minutes to soften.
In a small pan, melt butter, brown sugar, water, and vanilla. Bring to a boil, turn heat to low, and cook for 2 minutes.
Stir often.
Set aside.
In the Stainless Mixing Bowl, blend 3 Tablespoons of the sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
Quarter each biscuit from the 1 package with the Kitchen Scissors and roll each piece in the sugar/cinnamon mixture.
Place biscuit pieces layered evenly in the mold.
Spoon 1/2 of the cooked apples evenly over the biscuits.
Spoon 1/2 of cooked sauce over the apples and biscuit pieces.
Quarter each biscuit from the 2nd package and roll each piece in the remaining sugar/cinnamon mixture.
Place biscuit pieces layer evenly in the mold.
Add remaining cooked apples evenly over top of the biscuits.
Spoon remaining 1/2 of the cooked sauce evenly over the apples and biscuit pieces.
Bake for 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven.
Let sit for about 5 minutes.
Invert the Spiral bon Mold onto a serving plate.
Serve warm.
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