Granny's Monkey Bread

 Ingredients

24 ounces buttermilk biscuits

1 cup sugar

2 t. cinnamon

1 cup butter

 1/2 brown sugar

Instructions

Prepare bundt pan by heavily greasing with butter.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cut each biscuit into four equal bite-size pieces. 

Combine 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon in a bowl or plastic bag.  Drop roll the pieces of dough in the sugar cinnamon mixture and gently arrange them into the prepared bundt pan.

In a small sauce pan, combine, combine 1/2 cup of remaining sugar cinnamon mixture (discard remaining or use or another recipe) with 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 cup butter.  Bring mixture just to a boil and then immediately remove from heat.  Stir until sugars have fully dissolved. Carefully drizzled the mixture over the rolled dough balls into the bundt pan. 

Bake in center of preheated oven for 30 minutes.  Time may vary...

Allow pan to rest for about 5 minutes, then cover with a large place and invert.  To eat, pull desired amount off with your fingers and enjoy the gooey sweet sinful treat.  

 

Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls

2 cubes of butter (1 cup)

2 c. milk

1/2 c. tap-hot water

2 heaping tbs. yeast

3/4 c. sugar

1 tsp. salt

7 c. flour

1 egg, beaten

brown sugar (for sprinkling on the dough before rolling...I use between 1/4 and a 1/2 cup)

cinnamon (about 2 tsp.)

Dissolve yeast and the warm water, set aside. Melt butter in microwave. Warm milk in microwave. Combine butter and milk. Add the yeast to the milk mixture until well mixed. Add the beaten egg.

Slowly add the remaining ingredients and mix until dough separates from the bowl. Knead the dough for two minutes on low speed.

Let the dough rise (45 min-1 hour).

Roll out into two rectangles. Butter dough and sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins (optional...I don't do raisins).

Roll up and slice through with dental floss (works so great, just put it around the outside of the roll, cross it over on top and pull it tight).

Place on cookie sheet with a little room for growth in the oven.

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes (nope, you don't even have to have them rise again).

Frost with butter-cream frosting:

1/2 c. butter

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

4 c. powdered sugar

3-4 tbs. half and half (I just use milk)

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Slowly add half and half (or milk), while beating until you get a smooth, spreadable consistency.

~Orange Breakfast Rolls

Orange Breakfast Rolls

 

 

1/2 c. sugar

1 1/2 t. grated orange rind

1/2 t. ground cinnamon

 

1 (12 ounce) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

3 T. fresh orange juice 

 

 

Preheat oven to 350.  Combine first 3 ingredients

 

Dip each biscuits in orange juice, and dredge in sugar mixture.  Arrange biscuits in lightly greased 9" round baking dish or cake pan.  Sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture and drizzle with remaining orange juice. 

 

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden.  Serve warm.