many of us have little monkeys running around. and more often than not, those monkeys are hungry ... and whining about being hungry ... and wanting to help make something to make them not hungry.
monkey bread is the solution. and unless you're like me, who honest-to-goodness thought the easiest way to make it was to actually make the dough from scratch—yes, I'm brilliant, I know. NOT. it's REALLY easy to make. and the monkeys can help out without driving you batty!
monkey bread.
ingredients.
how to.
- preheat oven to 350 and grease one 9 inch tube pan.
- mix sugar and cinnamon in a large ziploc bag. kiddos love doing this part. just make sure the bag is zipped, or you'll be cleaning sugary cinnamon from every surface from here to timbuktu.
- cut biscuits into quarters. shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. again, this is a perfect job for the starved, whiney kiddos.
- arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan and alternate sprinkling huckleberries between layers. but, try to keep the berries towards the middle and away from actually touching the pan, they'll taste better that way. continue until all biscuits are sugar-fied (is that even a word?) and placed in the pan.
- in a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat until it turns into caramelly goodness. boil for one minute. pour over the biscuits.
- bake at 350 for 35 minutes—now is a great time to send monkeys outside to make mudpies, play tag, or whatever else those little whipper-snappers might have in mind. p.s. warn them that if they whine before the bread is ready, they don't get any. it makes for a quiet house. promise.
- let the yummy goodness cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate—if you don't grease the pan well enough ... this part will not end well. lucky for you, your monkeys are probably so hungry by now that they don't care if it's not a perfect tube shape.
- let the monkeys have at it.
here's a closer-up shot ... mmmmmmm.
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