Rhodes Monkey Bread Recipes

RHODES ROLLS MONKEY BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Generously grease a bundt pan and set aside.
• Add sugars and cinnamon in a mixing bowl and mix well. In a separate bowl, add melted butter.
• Cut each roll into quarters with kitchen shears or a sharp knife. Dunk each piece of dough into the butter and toss to coat. Dredge in cinnamon sugar mixture and toss to coat. Toss into prepared pan.
• Continue to add dough to pan, starting with the first layer and moving onto a second.
• Bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Cover with foil sprayed with cooking spray. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 5-8 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

OVERNIGHT MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Sprinkle pecans in a greased bundt pan.
• Place frozen dinner rolls into pan.
• Sprinkle with butterscotch pudding.
• In a small saucepan melt the butter and stir in brown sugar. Pour over rolls.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let sit on counter overnight.
• In the morning, preheat the oven to 350°F. Place a cookie sheet on the bottom rack and then bake the monkey bread on a lower rack for 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let it rest for 5 minutes.
• Place a large plate over the top of the monkey bread and flip over.
• Pull apart to eat.

BUTTERY PULL-APART HERB MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• In a wide bowl, add 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp lukewarm water, dissolve 2 tbsp sugar and sprinkle yeast package on top and let it bloom for 10 minutes. If yeast does not bloom, discard and start afresh.
• While yeast is blooming, fine chop herbs, divide in half. Also lukewarm milk.
• In yeast, add lukewarm milk, salt, olive oil, half of the fresh chopped herbs, and 2.5 cups of flour.
• Mix the dough with a wide spatula, then add flour 1 tbsp at a time until dough comes together. Transfer dough to a work surface and knead for 6-8 minutes or using dough hook, knead the dough on high-speed for 4-5 minutes.
• Transfer the dough to an oil covered bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and then cover with dry kitchen towel.
• First Rise - Let rise in warm place for 1.5 hrs or until it doubles in size.
• Punch down the dough and transfer to a work surface. Make two logs long logs.
• Divide the log into 20-25 equal size portions. Also, in a saucepan, melt the butter, add remaining herbs, mix and set aside.
• Shape each dough piece into a ball. You can also leave'em as is since it is a monkey bread, no need to be very precise, but if you want to, make all balls before dipping one into butter, or otherwise butter covered hands will make it impossible to roll the dough balls.
• Transfer all the butter-herb covered balls into bundt pan.
• Second Rise - Cover with dry kitchen towel and leave to rise in warm place for 1 hour or until pan is just full.
• Preheat oven at 375 F, then bake for 18-20 minutes or until top of bread is golden brown and bread sounds hollow when tapped.
• Carefully invert bread onto cooling wrack and let it cool slightly before serving.

PECAN MONKEY BREAD WITH RHODES FROZEN ROLLS

Steps:

• Place the frozen yeast rolls in a single layer on a platter, and thaw on the counter for 30 minutes. Cut in fourths.
• Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Spread the pecan pieces in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast for 6-8 minutes. Cool completely.
• Spray angel food cake pan with cooking spray.
• Mix together 2/3 cup of granulated sugar and 1 Tbsp of ground cinnamon.
• Toss with the quartered rolls in a large plastic storage bag until evenly coated.
• Sprinkle 1/3 of the toasted pecans on the bottom of the pan.
• Layer half of the quartered rolls on top of the pecans in the pan.
• Sprinkle the first layer of rolls with 1/3 of the remaining pecan pieces.
• Layer the remaining quartered rolls on top.
• Sprinkle any leftover cinnamon and sugar over all.
• Top with the last 1/3 cup of toasted pecan pieces.
• On the stove top, melt the brown sugar, butter and heavy cream together over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook for 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Pour evenly over the rolls in the pan. Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise for 45 minutes.
• Bake at 350 °F for 35-40 minutes until golden. Rest for 5-10 minutes before carefully inverting onto a platter.

GOOEY MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Break dough into small balls (golf ball size).
• Melt butter in medium size bowl.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon in separate bowl.
• Roll the balls into the butter bowl, then the cinnamon-sugar bowl and place in pan (loaf, cake, bundt, etc.).
• Pour remaining butter and cinnamon-sugar mixture onto balls; mix.
• Let rise until doubled (about 30 minutes in a warm place).
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes.
• Let cool for approximately 2 minutes, then flip over onto plate.
• If desired, drizzle icing over top while hot.

QUICK AND EASY MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• The night or several hours before, grease and flour a 9 or 10 inch tube pan. Mix brown sugar and pudding mix together. Mix white sugar and cinnamon together. Place frozen dinner rolls in pan a layer at a time. Sprinkle brown sugar and pudding mix over first layer of rolls. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon mixture over the brown sugar and pudding mixture. Spread half the nuts and melted butter over first layer. Repeat with the next layer.
• Place on counter over night. Do not cover. Next morning bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes. Let stand a few minutes and turn pan over onto serving platter.