Grammy's Kitchen · Monkey Bread · Cheesy Garlic & Herb Monkey Bread
One of 43 monkey bread recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
It ranks #2 of 43 for fluffiness among the monkey bread recipes we compared. 4 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 78% | 26% |
| fat | 11% | 29% |
| total sugar | 0% | 49% |
| yeast | 2% | 0% |
| salt | 2% | 0% |
| dairy | 0% | 3% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 256 g | 2 cups (256 g) bread or all-purpose flour |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon (6 g) kosher salt |
| 4 g | 1/4 to 1 teaspoon (1 to 4 g) instant yeast, see notes above |
| 200 g | 1 heaping 3/4 cup (200 g) water |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons butter |
| 3 g | 1 clove of garlic |
| pinch red pepper flakes | |
| 12 g | 2 tablespoons finely minced fresh parsley |
| 113 g | 4 ounces whole milk, low-moisture mozzarella, pulled into pieces |
| extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing | |
| homemade tomato sauce |
Method: 6 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Easy and delish Masha' Allah. I stretched and folded the dough twice during its first rise to help shape it. Instead of flouring the surface, I oiled my hands and then took 1 Tbsp of dough, shaped between my palms and put them immediately in the pan whic” — a cook, 5.0★
“I love that monkey bread but I love that sauce more, it’s become my goto sauce. I add in harissa and Aleppo pepper for the heat and there is something satisfying about crushing the whole plum tomatoes by hand. I use this sauce on toast, pizza, tacos, the monke” — a cook, 5.0★