Raisin Monkey Bread Recipes

CINNAMON MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces; shape into balls. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar. Arrange evenly in a generously greased 9- or 10-in. fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar., Combine butter and brown sugar; pour over the top. Place tube pan on baking sheet; bake until dough is golden brown and cooked through, 35-45 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before inverting bread onto a serving platter.

HOMEMADE RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Dissolve the yeast in the warm water.
• In a large bowl, combine the raisins, warm milk, butter, sugar, and salt; stir to dissolve the sugar. Let the mixture cool to lukewarm.
• Stir 1 1/2 cups of the flour into the milk mixture and beat until smooth.
• Add the yeast mixture and the beaten eggs to the milk mixture and mix to blend well.
• Add enough of the remaining flour to make a soft but stiff dough.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 10 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
• Butter or oil a large bowl. Place the dough in the greased bowl. Turn it over to grease the entire surface of the dough.
• Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let it stand in a warm, draft-free place until it has doubled in bulk, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Punch the dough down and divide it into two equal portions. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• Shape the dough into two loaves and place them in two greased 8-by-4-inch loaf pans .
• Cover the pans with a kitchen towel and let the loaves rise for about 45 to 60 minutes, or until the dough has almost doubled in bulk. Then preheat oven to 375 F.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Place foil over the loaves for the last 10 minutes if they look overly brown.
• Remove the loaves from the pans and let them cool on racks. Serve and enjoy!

CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD I

Steps:

• Warm the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles, then remove from heat. Let cool until lukewarm.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water, and set aside until yeast is frothy. Mix in eggs, sugar, butter or margarine, salt, and raisins. Stir in cooled milk. Add the flour gradually to make a stiff dough.
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface for a few minutes. Place in a large, greased, mixing bowl, and turn to grease the surface of the dough. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled.
• Roll out on a lightly floured surface into a large rectangle 1/2 inch thick. Moisten dough with 2 tablespoons milk. Mix together 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon, and sprinkle mixture on top of the moistened dough. Roll up tightly; the roll should be about 3 inches in diameter. Cut into thirds, and tuck under ends. Place loaves into well greased 9 x 5 inch pans. Lightly grease tops of loaves. Let rise again for 1 hour.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes, or until loaves are lightly browned and sound hollow when knocked. Remove loaves from pans, and brush with melted butter or margarine. Let cool before slicing.

CINNAMON-SUGAR MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Combine warm water, brown sugar, and yeast in a large mixing bowl and let rest until frothy, about 10 minutes. Add 1/2 cup oil and stir. Set aside.
• Sift flour and salt together in a bowl.
• Mix flour mixture into the yeast mixture and knead until dough forms a sticky ball. Coat the inside of another bowl with oil; transfer dough to the oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover the bowl and let dough rest in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, mix white sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Punch down risen dough and roll into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture and arrange a layer in the prepared tube pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and drizzle with a bit of oil. Continue layering with remaining dough balls and cinnamon sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until puffed up, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix confectioners' sugar and milk together in a bowl. Drizzle glaze generously over the warm monkey bread.

RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Grease an 8x4-in. loaf pan; sprinkle with cornmeal and set aside. , In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, yeast, sugar, salt and baking powder. Add orange juice; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add remaining flour. Stir in raisins (batter will be stiff and sticky). Do not knead., Spoon into prepared pan; sprinkle with additional cornmeal. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 40 minutes. , Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Slice and toast.

CINNAMON RAISIN BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, or in a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, yeast, and 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon.
• Add the milk, egg, honey, and 2 tablespoons of the melted butter, and mix on low speed to combine, about 30 seconds.
• Knead the dough until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes by mixer or about 8 minutes by hand.
• Add the raisins and continue to knead until evenly distributed.
• Transfer the dough to a clean mixing bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let the dough rise at room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with butter and lightly dust your work surface with flour.
• Stretch the dough out to a rectangle about 8 inches by 16 inches, with the short side closest to you.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining 3 tablespoons of melted butter with the dark brown sugar and remaining 2 tablespoons of cinnamon, and spread the cinnamon filling over the dough, leaving a 1-inch margin at the top.
• Roll the dough snugly into a log and pinch together at the seam.
• Place the dough seam-side down into the prepared loaf pan, cover with plastic wrap, and let the dough rise at room temperature for about 45 minutes. It should be about even with the rim of the loaf pan after time has elapsed.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400 F.
• Bake the loaf for 30 minutes, or until golden brown, then remove the bread from the oven and use a knife or offset spatula to loosen the edges.
• Turn the loaf out onto a wire rack and allow it to cool completely before slicing.
• Serve slices of the cinnamon raisin bread with the topping of your choosing and enjoy!

RAISIN-NUT MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• In a 1-quart saucepan heat the milk until it just comes to a boil; stir in 1/4 cup butter until melted.
• Cool until just warm (105 - 115°F).
• In a large mixer bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water.
• Add the cooled milk mixture, 2 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, egg and salt.
• Beat at medium speed, scraping the bowl often, until smooth (1 to 2 minutes).
• By hand, stir in enough of the remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle.
• Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic (about 10 minutes).
• Place in a greased bowl; turn the greased side up.
• Cover, let rise in a warm place until doubled in size (about 1-1/2 hours.).
• The dough is ready if an indentation remains when touched.
• Punch down the dough; divide in half.
• With floured hands, shape each half into 24 balls.
• In a small bowl stir together 1 cup sugar, pecans and cinnamon.
• Dip the balls first into the melted butter, then into the sugar mixture.
• Place 24 balls in the bottom of a greased 10-inch tube pan or Bundt pan - if using the tube pan, line the bottom with aluminum foil.
• Sprinkle with raisins.
• Top with the remaining 24 balls, after dipping them into the butter and sugar mixtures.
• Cover; let rise until doubled in size (about 45 minutes).
• Heat the oven to 375°F.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until the monkey bread sounds hollow when tapped.
• Immediately invert the pan onto a heatproof serving plate.
• Let the pan stand 1 minute to allow the sugar mixture to drizzle over the monkey bread.
• Remove the pan; serve warm (leftovers can be reheated nicely in the microwave).

CINNAMON RAISIN MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Freezing Day Preheat oven to 350. Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a plastic bag. Cut biscuit dough into quarters, and put in the bag with the cinnamon sugar. Shake to coat the pieces. Grease the bottom and sides of a bundt pan. Put a layer of biscuit pieces in. Continue to add biscuit pieces to the pan. Intersperse the raisins among the biscuit pieces. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter. Add brown sugar and vanilla. Heat until brown sugar is dissolved in the butter. Pour the melted butter and sugar over the top of the biscuits. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Remove from the oven and turn out on a plate. Let cool, wrap tightly, and freeze. Reheating Instructions Defrost bread at room temperature for 2-3 hours. Bread can be served at room temperature or heated in the oven at 350 for 10-15 minutes.

RAISIN BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• In large bowl measure flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and raisins. Stir thoroughly. Make a well in center.
• In small bowl beat egg until frothy. Mix in melted butter and milk. Pour into well. Stir just enough to moisten. Scrape into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake in 350 degree F (175 degree C) oven for 1 hour. Serve plain or toasted with butter.

MONKEY BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube/Bundt® pan.
• Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits into quarters. Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan. If using nuts and raisins, arrange them in and among the biscuit pieces as you go along.
• In a small saucepan, melt the margarine with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut! The bread just pulls apart.

MONKEY BREAD MADE EASY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray 8 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, stir together 1 tablespoon of cinnamon and the white sugar until evenly blended. Remove the biscuits from the packages, and cut into quarters. Drop a few biscuit pieces at a time into the sugar mixture, and coat thoroughly. Distribute the coated biscuit pieces among the prepared muffin tins (4 to 5 pieces per cup).
• Place butter, brown sugar, and the remaining 1 tablespoon cinnamon in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl, and microwave a few seconds until the butter has melted. Stir to blend, and drizzle about 2 tablespoons of the butter mixture over each cup.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops of the muffins are crispy and brown, about 20 minutes. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from pan.