General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today? Chat with friends, 0 by taters55

taters55 wrote:
Here I am Betty, how about some monkey bread? It is called monkey bread, because once you see someone pull a piece off, they can't resist, and they have to do it too. Monkey see, monkey do!!!

Monkey Bread
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cans biscuits
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
1/2 cup raisins, if desired
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
Heat oven to 350°F.
Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray.
In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
cut each biscuit into quarters.
Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces. (optional)
In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.
Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center.
Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN TURNING THIS OVER, AS THE GOOEY BROWN SUGAR WILL RUN, AND IT IS HOT!!!