Gorilla Bread Alaskan Style Recipes

GORILLA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch tube pan.
• Cut bread dough apart 2 1/2-inch pieces. Chop cream cheese into 1/2-inch cubes. Flatten the same number of dough pieces into small circles as you have pieces of cream cheese (reserve remaining dough). Fold a piece of cream cheese into each flattened dough circle and pinch the seams closed. Roll all the filled and unfilled pieces of dough into balls.
• Combine sugar with cinnamon in a bowl and roll all the dough balls in the cinnamon sugar; set aside. Bring butter and brown sugar to a boil in a saucepan, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 minute.
• Layer half the filled and unfilled dough balls with half the walnuts and raisins in the prepared tube pan; pour half the brown sugar syrup over the mixture. Layer remaining dough balls, walnuts, and raisins into the pan and pour remaining syrup over the gorilla bread.
• Bake gorilla bread in the preheated oven until golden brown and the dough has baked through, 35 to 45 minutes. Let bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a serving platter. To serve, pull the bread apart.

GORILLA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
• In a sauce pan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat, stirring well; set aside.
• Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes.
• Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar. Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the nuts into the bottom of a bundt pan. Place half the prepared biscuits on top of the nuts.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, pour half the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and sprinkle on 1/2 cup nuts.
• Layer the remaining biscuits on top, sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar, pour the remaining butter mixture and sprinkle with remaining nuts.
• Bake for 30 minutes and then remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes.
• Place a plate on top and invert.

MONKEY AND GORILLA BREAD

Steps:

• Butter and flour a bundt pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon. Cut refrigerator biscuits in half and toss in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; then add nuts. Line the bundt pan with biscuits and pour butter mixture over them.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid
• Butter and flour a bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine sugar and cinnamon. Separate biscuits and flatten each slightly with your hand. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon and sugar mixture onto each biscuit. Place one cube of cream cheese in center of biscuit and fold in half to resemble a half moon. Melt the 1 stick of butter in a saucepan and add brown sugar and bring to a boil; remove from the heat. Place 1/2 cup nuts on the bottom of the bundt pan and then line the pan with a row of cream cheese filled biscuits. Sprinkle with half of the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Drizzle half of the butter mixture on top and then repeat steps, beginning with nuts.
• Bake for about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan when it's still hot to avoid sticking.

GORILLA BREAD FOR LITTLE MONKEYS

Steps:

• Grease a Bundt or tube pan with BUTTER; set aside.
• Pre-heat oven to 400*.
• Remove biscuits from tube, flattening each round.
• Cut cream cheese brick into 30 small squares; set aside.
• In a small bowl, mix white sugar & cinnamon; set aside.
• Mix melted butter and brown sugar in another small bowl--it will be grainy; set aside.
• ASSEMBLE: place one cheese square into center of each flattened biscuit.
• Wrap biscuit dough around each cheese square, pinching edges; roll biscuit ball in dipping cinna-sugar; load into prepared pan.
• When you have one layer in the pan, sprinkle about 3 tablespoons of the drizzling butter-sugar mixture over those biscuit balls.
• Continue with the next layer & some drizzling mixture, finishing with the drizzling mixture at the top.
• Pop the pan into the oven for about 30 minutes -- dough should still be just a teensy doughy (not completely dry).
• Flip out of pan immediately; cool.
• Best if served while luke-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.

GRAPEFRUIT ALASKA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Halve grapefruits and section; remove membranes. Return grapefruit sections to grapefruit halves. Drizzle 1/4 teaspoon rum extract over each. Top each with 1 rounded tablespoon of whipped cream. Place on an ungreased foil-lined baking sheet., In a large bowl, beat the egg whites, cornstarch and cream of tartar on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Mound 1/2 cup on each grapefruit half; spread meringue to edges to seal. Bake until meringue is browned, 15 minutes. Top each with a cherry. Serve immediately.