If you’re craving monkey bread with one can of biscuits, this recipe delivers gooey cinnamon-sugar goodness with just a few simple ingredients and minimal prep time.
Why You’ll Love Making Easy Monkey Bread
This quick sticky bread recipe will allow you to enjoy the taste and texture of the best cinnamon rolls with very little effort or time. Making homemade monkey bread from biscuits is really easy and you only need one can of biscuits to make this quick recipe.
This recipe can easily be doubled to fill a 12 cup Bundt pan or a loaf pan, for a weekend brunch or holiday get-together.
How to Make Monkey Bread with One Can of Biscuits
When making monkey bread made with canned biscuit dough, you will want to start by cutting the biscuits into four separate pieces.
The best canned biscuits for monkey bread are jumbo sized buttermilk biscuits. Although you can use any biscuits you want or have on hand because the real flavor comes from the cinnamon sugar mixture anyway.
Spray the bottom of a Bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Add half of the biscuits to the bottom of the pan.
Sprinkle half of the raisins and nuts on top. This part is optional, if you want to make a 5 ingredient monkey bread, you can omit these two additions and still get a delicious pull apart cinnamon bread.
To make the cinnamon sugar mixture, add the brown sugar and granulated sugar to a pot with butter and cinnamon. Bring to a slight boil, stirring until the mixture liquifies.
Pour half of the mixture onto the biscuits then add another layer of biscuits, sprinkle the raisins and walnuts on top, and then add the rest of the brown sugar mixture.
Bake in an oven preheated to 350° for about 20-25 minutes.
This recipe is done when the biscuits have absorbed the liquid and the edges are a nice golden brown.
How to Make Monkey Bread In a Loaf Pan
Don’t have a Bundt pan? No problem! Loaf pan monkey bread is easy to make. Simply follow this recipe for making cinnamon sugar monkey bread with one can of biscuits but instead of using a Bundt pan, use a loaf pan.
FAQ About Making Monkey Bread With Canned Biscuits
Here are some common inquiries about making this delightful pull apart loaf:
Whether you call it pull apart bread, bubble bread, or simply monkey bread, this easy homemade recipe for one can biscuit monkey bread is sure to become a family favorite!
Get ready for the ultimate cinnamon sugar pull apart bread experience!
What Else Can I Make With Biscuits?
Love using canned biscuits? Try these reader-favorite recipes:
- Canned Biscuit Cream Cheese Danishes – This recipe calls for strawberries but you can easily swap for blueberries, raspberries, or your favorite fruit.
- Easy Canned Biscuit Donut Recipe – Here you will find a variety of donuts that can be made using a tube of biscuits.
- Garlic Knots With Biscuit Dough – Easy Recipe – it’s like garlic monkey bread with biscuits.
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Monkey Bread 1 Can Biscuits
Learn how to make monkey bread with one can of biscuits. This easy recipe has all the gooey, cinnamon-sugar flavor with very little effort.
Ingredients
- 1/4 Cup of Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
- 1 Can of Biscuits
- 1/3 Cup of Walnuts
- 1/3 Cup of Raisins
- 1/2 Cup of Butter
Instructions
- Start by preheating your oven to 350°
- Spray a 6 cup Bundt pan, or whichever pan you prefer for monkey bread such as a loaf pan, with non-stick spray.
- Cut each biscuit into quarters, with one can of biscuit dough you should have 32 pieces to build the monkey bread.
- Start with half of the biscuit quarters and layer the bottom of the pan.
- Sprinkle half the raisins and walnuts on top.
- In a pot, bring the sugars and butter to a light boil while stirring. Add in the cinnamon and once liquified, turn off heat.
- Pour half of the sugar, butter mixture on top the first layer of canned biscuit dough.
- Add the rest of the canned biscuit pieces on top.
- Sprinkle the rest of the raisins and walnuts on top of the biscuit dough.
- Pour the remaining butter and sugar mixture on top and place in oven.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, your monkey bread made from canned biscuit dough is done when all of the liquid has soaked into the baked biscuit pieces and reaches a golden brown color.
Notes
If using a loaf pan to make monkey bread with canned biscuit dough, be sure to layer the biscuit dough pieces in a way that allows the biscuits to absorb the liquid.
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