Monkey Bread
A Sweet, Yummy and Gooey Treat
The baobab tree is one of the largest, most beautiful trees in the world. It is commonly found
in Southern Africa, Senegal, Madagascar and Australia. The fruit of the baobab tree is called
monkey bread. The fruit can be eaten as is or made into a drink by drying and grinding into
a powder. The seeds are sometimes roasted for eating, some say they taste like almonds.
The most common use of the term monkey bread, refers to a sweet yeast bread, made by forming
small balls of dough, dipping them in melted butter and overlapping them in a pan. After the
bread rises, the dough balls cling together and form a solid loaf. Often, sugar, cinnamon, nuts,
and raisins are added. No one really knows where the bread gets it's name, but the general idea
is that it comes from the way it is eaten. The bread is eaten by pulling pieces off with your
fingers, much like a monkey eats it's food, hence the name.
Here is a very simple recipe for monkey bread.
MONKEY BREAD
4 cans (10 count) biscuits (country or buttermilk work great)
1/2 c. pecans, chopped
1 tbsp. cinnamon
3/4 c. sugar
Cut each biscuit into four pieces. Combine sugar, cinnamon and pecans in a large freezer type
plastic bag. Place 10 to 12 biscuit pieces at a time into the bag and shake to coat with sugar
mixture. Layer coated biscuit pieces in a buttered tube or bundt pan.
SAUCE
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
Melt butter in a small saucepan, add sugar to melted butter and cook until thickened.
Pour sugar sauce over the biscuits in the pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes, until done. Let stand 5 minutes before turning out on
a cake plate.
1/2 cup walnuts can be substituted for pecans and 1/2 cup raisins can also be added. You can pour
the following glaze over the monkey bread while it is still warm.
Glaze
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 teaspoons butter, melted
About 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
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