Caramel monkey bread is made with balls of fluffy homemade dough baked together in a buttery caramel sauce. The pillowy dough puffs up perfectly, while the sauce seeps in every nook and cranny and drops down all over the rolls after it’s baked in a bundt pan. It’s a deliciously sweet and sticky breakfast treat that your whole family will love!This monkey bread is extra special with caramel sauce. This monkey bread can be made for breakfast, a snack, or dessert after dinner. You will love how easy it is to make and see how quickly it is devoured by friends and family. It really is the best oven-baked monkey bread recipe!
Monkey Bread Dough Ingredients
This easy monkey bread recipe contains pantry staple favorites and comes together quickly and easily. Making the dough and then adding the caramel sauce over top is the perfect combination. Bite-size pieces of dough are pulled apart with a delicious caramel sauce that covers each bite. You will love this flavor combination!
Yeast – Helps aid in raising the dough, making it thicker and fluffier. I used active dry yeast. It takes an extra minute or two compared to instant yeast. Warm water – Yeast and warm water are the best partners when it comes to activating yeast. Make sure that your water is not too hot that it kills the yeast and not too cold that it doesn’t activate the yeast. It is a balance! Butter – Soften the unsalted butter at room temperature before using. Granulated sugar – Sweetness to the dough giving it that texture and sugary taste in the dough. Eggs – Binds the dough together. Salt – Helps the dough rise and aids in the flour mixture. Flour – Add in all-purpose flour a cup at a time. This will help the dough form and be less sticky.
What you Need for the Caramel Sauce
Mix these three ingredients together in a small bowl to reach the ultimate caramel sauce! It is so simple to make with the most flavor. This sweet and creamy sauce goes perfectly over the monkey bread and gives it that delicious caramel flavor.
Brown sugar – Sweetness overload, but in a good way! Butter – Melted to mix together and make a liquid sauce. Heavy whipping cream – This is the thickener and creamer that blends the flavors all together.
Tips and Variations for the Best Monkey Bread
Here are some tips and variations to help you make one of the best monkey bread recipes! It is so easy to make, and with a little help and extra ideas, makes this monkey bread even easier.
To help with making the dough, use a stand mixer and dough hook to fully combine the dough ingredients. Once the dough is not sticking to the dough hook and shapes a round ball in the mixing bowl, your dough is ready. Make this even easier and skip making the dough by using biscuit pieces cut in half using a pizza cutter. This gives the dough a clean, crisp slice through the dough and doesn’t stick to a knife. Cooking spray is a MUST before adding the dough to the bundt pan. The buttery brown sugar sauce is ooey and gooey and will need to be able to fall from the pan without sticking once it is baked. If you don’t have a bundt pan, you can use loaf pans or a small baking dish to still create the tightness of the monkey bread. Add in nuts, walnuts, raisins, or even coat the dough in cinnamon-sugar before adding the caramel sauce over top. All these additions are delicious and will add in extra flavor and texture.
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