Grammy's Kitchen · Monkey Bread · Homemade Monkey Bread
One of 43 monkey bread recipes we measured
from sallysbakingaddiction.com
144 cooks on sallysbakingaddiction.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 66% | 26% |
| fat | 39% | 29% |
| total sugar | 88% | 49% |
| egg | 16% | 0% |
| yeast | 1% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| dairy | 66% | 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.
| 366 g | 1 and 1/2 cups (360ml) whole milk, warmed to about 110°F (43°C) |
| 7 g | 2 and 1/4 teaspoons Platinum Yeast from Red Star (1 standard packet) |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 71 g | 1/3 cup (5 Tbsp; 71g) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 625 g | 5 cups (625g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled) |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup (12 Tbsp; 170g) unsalted butter, divided |
| 250 g | 1 and 1/4 cups (250g) granulated sugar |
| 8 g | 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon |
| 130 g | 2/3 cup (130g) packed light or dark brown sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
| 120 g | 1 cup (120g) confectioners’ sugar |
| 46 g | 3 Tablespoons (45ml) whole milk |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
Method: 12 steps, published by sallysbakingaddiction.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made the monkey bread this morning for my family, everyone loved it. The top was nicely crunchy, and the coating turned into a golden caramel & covered the entire outside. I only did a few things differently, my oven runs hot, I baked it @ 325F for about” — a cook, 5.0★
“Excellent! I baked mine into two 8x4 loaf pans and they were done in about 40 minutes. TIP: place them on a baking sheet. I didn’t so I just finished cleaning my oven… but they turned out so delicious, I didn’t even care. I also testing baking one lined wi” — a cook, 5.0★