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<\/a>This is my own recipe. Others will be similar, but this one will serve your well. The batter is the same. The difference is how the bread is assembled. The first ten steps are the same. The difference starts at Step Seven.<\/span><\/p>\nMonkey Bread allegedly gets its name because monkeys tend to clump together at night, so all you see are the tops of little monkey heads. Anyway, that’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it.<\/span><\/p>\n 1 extra C AP flour for Step 4 – Set aside<\/span><\/p>\n Alternately, you can use Pillsbury biscuit dough and cut each biscuit in quarters (half and then half again)<\/span><\/p>\n The first SEVEN STEPS are the same for both recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n The first SEVEN STEPS are the same for both recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cinnamon Rolls and Monkey Bread This is my own recipe. Others will be similar, but this one will serve your well. The batter is the same. The difference is how the bread is assembled. The first ten steps are the same. The difference starts at Step Seven. Monkey Bread allegedly gets its name because monkeys … Continue reading “Cinnamon Rolls and Monkey Bread”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread-starch","category-beatitudes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13138"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22961,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138\/revisions\/22961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}YEAST SPONGE<\/b><\/h2>\n
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![CINNAMON ROLLS<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nSTEP BY STEP FOR MONKEY BREAD<\/span>\n<\/b><\/h3>\nThe first SEVEN STEPS are the same for both recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n\nRoll dough into a long tube<\/span><\/li>\nPut the melted butter solution into a large mixing bowl.<\/span><\/li>\nPut the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a paper bag.<\/span><\/li>\nCut off pieces of the tube and roll them in a ball so that you have a ball just about the size of a really big grape… you know the kind<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\nPut the balls into the butter bowl<\/span><\/li>\nOnce all balls are cut, toss them to coat all balls evenly.<\/span><\/li>\nDrop into the bag containing your cinnamon mixture and mix to cover<\/span><\/li>\nPrepare 1 shallow VERY WELL GREASED baking pan.<\/span>\n\nIdeally a bundt pan is used, but not everyone has one of those handy. You don’t want to use a deep baking dish though, or they will not cook all the way through.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\nFor an extra coating, melt together \u00bd C brown sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon, and 2 TBL butter<\/span><\/li>\nPour evenly over into bottom of your pan. Sprinkle crushed pecans\n<\/span><\/li>\nPut the balls into the pan<\/span><\/li>\nSpoon half remaining wet mixture over top<\/span><\/li>\nSprinkle half dry mixture over top as well<\/span><\/li>\nSquish the balls a bit to make sure they are all evenly distributed<\/span><\/li>\nCover with a towel and let rise in a warm place or the warming tray of your oven until doubled in size (about an hour)<\/span><\/li>\nPreheat oven to 350\u00ba and bake 30 minutes <\/span><\/li>\nSpoon remaining wet mixture over top<\/span><\/li>\nSprinkle dry mixture over top as well<\/span><\/li>\nBake another 10-20 minutes – or 190\u00ba internal temperature<\/span>\n\npull out if top starts to blacken<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\nInvert onto a serving plate and let cool 10 minutes. Serve with forks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nSTEP BY STEP FOR CINNAMON ROLLS<\/span>\n<\/b><\/h3>\nThe first SEVEN STEPS are the same for both recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n\nOn a floured surface, roll dough into a kind of flat rectangle<\/span><\/li>\nFold the rounded sides toward the center, and roll again<\/span><\/li>\nRepeat one more time. You should now have a nearly perfect rectangle.<\/span><\/li>\nIn Step 6 above, combine both mixtures into a single mixture.<\/span><\/li>\nSpread mixture over your rectangle leaving about 1\/2 inch dry edge<\/span><\/li>\nRoll into a tube starting with the side opposite the dry edge. Roll as tightly as possible <\/span><\/li>\nUse egg wash on the unbuttered edge to seal the roll<\/span><\/li>\nUsing dental floss, cut the tips off<\/span><\/li>\nCut into half, then half again<\/span><\/li>\nAt this point, you will have four rolls. Estimate thirds and cut each of the four rolls into thirds \u2013 so you have twelve equal pieces<\/span><\/li>\nPlace (cut side down) into a well-greased 9\u00d712 baking dish<\/span><\/li>\nCover with a towel and let rise in a warm place or the warming tray of your oven until doubled in size (about an hour)<\/span><\/li>\nPreheat oven to 350\u00ba and bake 15 minutes<\/span><\/li>\nRemove and sprinkle CinnaSugar over top<\/span><\/li>\nBake another 10-20 minutes – or 190\u00ba internal temperature<\/span>\n\npull out if top starts to blacken<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\nCool on wire rack for 10 minutes. Serve frosted or not<\/span><\/li>\nOPTIONAL: FROST THE CINNAMON ROLLS<\/span>\n\nCombine sugar, butter, vanilla and orange zest<\/span><\/li>\nAdd milk ONLY until consistency will spread easily<\/span><\/li>\nSpread over each roll and serve warm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nFROSTING<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n2.5 C confectioner sugar <\/span><\/li>\n2 TBL softened butter <\/span><\/li>\n1 tsp vanilla <\/span><\/li>\n1 tsp orange zest <\/span><\/li>\nwhole milk \u2013 1 tsp at a time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cinnamon Rolls and Monkey Bread This is my own recipe. Others will be similar, but this one will serve your well. The batter is the same. The difference is how the bread is assembled. The first ten steps are the same. The difference starts at Step Seven. Monkey Bread allegedly gets its name because monkeys … Continue reading “Cinnamon Rolls and Monkey Bread”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread-starch","category-beatitudes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13138"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22961,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138\/revisions\/22961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/classic-cinnamon-rolls-horizontal-1535657907.jpg?crop=0.898xw:0.758xh;0.0595xw,0.125xh&resize=480:*\"){kind=link}
![you know the kind<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\nPut the balls into the butter bowl<\/span><\/li>\nOnce all balls are cut, toss them to coat all balls evenly.<\/span><\/li>\nDrop into the bag containing your cinnamon mixture and mix to cover<\/span><\/li>\nPrepare 1 shallow VERY WELL GREASED baking pan.<\/span>\n\nIdeally a bundt pan is used, but not everyone has one of those handy. You don’t want to use a deep baking dish though, or they will not cook all the way through.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\nFor an extra coating, melt together \u00bd C brown sugar, 2 tsp cinnamon, and 2 TBL butter<\/span><\/li>\nPour evenly over into bottom of your pan. Sprinkle crushed pecans\n<\/span><\/li>\nPut the balls into the pan<\/span><\/li>\nSpoon half remaining wet mixture over top<\/span><\/li>\nSprinkle half dry mixture over top as well<\/span><\/li>\nSquish the balls a bit to make sure they are all evenly distributed<\/span><\/li>\nCover with a towel and let rise in a warm place or the warming tray of your oven until doubled in size (about an hour)<\/span><\/li>\nPreheat oven to 350\u00ba and bake 30 minutes <\/span><\/li>\nSpoon remaining wet mixture over top<\/span><\/li>\nSprinkle dry mixture over top as well<\/span><\/li>\nBake another 10-20 minutes – or 190\u00ba internal temperature<\/span>\n\npull out if top starts to blacken<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\nInvert onto a serving plate and let cool 10 minutes. Serve with forks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nSTEP BY STEP FOR CINNAMON ROLLS<\/span>\n<\/b><\/h3>\nThe first SEVEN STEPS are the same for both recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n\nOn a floured surface, roll dough into a kind of flat rectangle<\/span><\/li>\nFold the rounded sides toward the center, and roll again<\/span><\/li>\nRepeat one more time. You should now have a nearly perfect rectangle.<\/span><\/li>\nIn Step 6 above, combine both mixtures into a single mixture.<\/span><\/li>\nSpread mixture over your rectangle leaving about 1\/2 inch dry edge<\/span><\/li>\nRoll into a tube starting with the side opposite the dry edge. Roll as tightly as possible <\/span><\/li>\nUse egg wash on the unbuttered edge to seal the roll<\/span><\/li>\nUsing dental floss, cut the tips off<\/span><\/li>\nCut into half, then half again<\/span><\/li>\nAt this point, you will have four rolls. Estimate thirds and cut each of the four rolls into thirds \u2013 so you have twelve equal pieces<\/span><\/li>\nPlace (cut side down) into a well-greased 9\u00d712 baking dish<\/span><\/li>\nCover with a towel and let rise in a warm place or the warming tray of your oven until doubled in size (about an hour)<\/span><\/li>\nPreheat oven to 350\u00ba and bake 15 minutes<\/span><\/li>\nRemove and sprinkle CinnaSugar over top<\/span><\/li>\nBake another 10-20 minutes – or 190\u00ba internal temperature<\/span>\n\npull out if top starts to blacken<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\nCool on wire rack for 10 minutes. 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