Carrot Cake Monkey Bread Recipes

CARROT CAKE MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Gently heat the milk and 85g of the butter in a medium pan until the butter has melted and the milk has started to simmer. Leave to cool to room temperature. Tip the flour, orange zest, mixed spice, carrots, yeast, caster sugar and 1 tsp salt into a large bowl with the eggs, then add the cooled milk mixture and bring together into a sticky dough using your hands. Knead until combined, then tip onto a floured work surface and knead again for 5-10 mins until smooth and springy. Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled, large bowl, cover and leave to prove for 1 hr, or until doubled in size.
• Generously butter a 25cm bundt tin. Melt the remaining butter and leave to cool slightly. Mix the cinnamon, walnuts and brown sugar together in a medium bowl. Separate the proved dough into 40-50 x 25g pieces and roll into balls on a lightly floured surface. Roll the marzipan into small, pea-sized balls and set aside. Dunk the dough balls in the melted butter, then roll in the walnut and sugar mixture to coat. Drop the dough balls into the prepared tin, dotting around some of the marzipan balls as you go. Repeat until you've used up all the dough balls and marzipan. Cover and prove again for 45 mins until the dough has risen slightly.
• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Uncover the tin and bake for 40-45 mins, or until well risen and golden. Carefully loosen the bread from the edges using a skewer or butter knife, and leave to cool in the tin for 20 mins. Invert onto a serving plate, keeping the tin in place, and leave for 5-10 mins (the bread will naturally shrink away from the sides), then remove the tin.
• Gradually whisk the orange juice into the icing sugar to make a thick icing, then drizzle over the bread, letting it drip down the sides. Scatter over the orange zest and serve warm.

GARLIC MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Cut dough into 16 pieces.
• Combine melted butter, egg, parsley, and garlic powder. Dip pieces of dough into the butter mixture, coating completely. Arrange in a single layer in the prepared pan and pour any remaining butter mixture over top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until dough just reaches the top of the pan, about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake monkey bread in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool in the pan slightly before serving.

CINNAMON ROLL MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with butter-flavored cooking spray.
• Mix white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl.
• Open the refrigerated cinnamon rolls. Divide rolls by package, then cut into quarters with a pizza/dough cutter.
• Place each package of cut cinnamon roll pieces in the sugar mixture and toss until covered, keeping them separated. Do not discard excess sugar mixture.
• Layer each separate portion of sugar-coated cinnamon roll pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan, sprinkling with pecans as you go, ending with pecans on top.
• Combine excess sugar mixture with 3/4 cup of butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; bring to a boil. Pour butter mixture over the cinnamon roll pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is crispy, about 40 minutes. Remove and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• While cooling, mix confectioners' sugar, lemon-lime beverage, oats, and remaining 1/2 cup of room temperature butter together for icing.
• Remove the bread from the Bundt® pan, then drizzle the icing over the bread to taste.