Monkey Toes Recipes

QUICK AND EASY MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• The night or several hours before, grease and flour a 9 or 10 inch tube pan. Mix brown sugar and pudding mix together. Mix white sugar and cinnamon together. Place frozen dinner rolls in pan a layer at a time. Sprinkle brown sugar and pudding mix over first layer of rolls. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon mixture over the brown sugar and pudding mixture. Spread half the nuts and melted butter over first layer. Repeat with the next layer.
• Place on counter over night. Do not cover. Next morning bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes. Let stand a few minutes and turn pan over onto serving platter.

STICKY MONKEY BRAINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 6 miniature Bundt pans.
• In a small bowl, stir together the white sugar and cinnamon. Set aside. Use scissors or a knife to cut each of the biscuits into various sizes. Each one can be cut into anywhere from 2 to 5 pieces.
• Sprinkle about half of the pecans amongst the 6 prepared pans. Roll pieces of biscuit in the cinnamon-sugar, and place them into the pans, distributing evenly. Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon-sugar over the dough balls.
• Mix together the brown sugar and melted butter. Stir in the remaining pecans. Distribute evenly over the pans of dough balls. For ease of getting in and out of the oven, place all of the pans on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the biscuits are toasted and cooked through. Remove from the oven, and invert individual pans onto serving plates while still hot.

CINNAMON MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Mix the sugars and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Cut the biscuits into fourths.
• Roll in the sugar/cinnamon mixture.
• Drop in a non-stick bundt pan.
• Melt butter and remaining sugar/cinnamon mixture.
• Pour over the biscuits.
• Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Allow to cool 10 minute.
• -turn onto a plate.

MONKEY TOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces. Combine the white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Shake the cut-up biscuits (a few at a time) in this mixture. Put biscuit pieces in a well-greased pan (loaf, Bundt or angel). Evenly add nuts, if desired. In a saucepan melt butter and brown sugar. When smooth and hot, add vanilla. Stir thoroughly and pour or spoon over the biscuit pieces. Bake 20-25 minutes or until done. Editor's Extra: You don't have to use the least expensive biscuits-this is delicious with any kind of canned biscuits.

EASY LEMON MONKEY BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut rolls in half and place in a 9x13-inch baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a small bowl combine lemon zest and sugar; set aside.
• Drizzle 1/4 cup melted butter over rolls and sprinkle on zest/sugar mixture, reserving half of mixture to sprinkle on just before baking.
• Cover rolls with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled in size.
• Remove plastic wrap and sprinkle on remaining lemon zest/sugar mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees F. for 20-25 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Whisk together glaze ingredients and drizzle over top of rolls.

GOOEY CARAMEL MONKEY BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease or spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan.
• Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon in 1-gallon food-storage plastic bag. Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each in quarters.
• Shake biscuit pieces in bag to coat; place in pan. Sprinkle any extra sugar mixture over biscuits.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat butter and brown sugar to boiling over medium-high heat; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour over biscuit pieces.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until biscuits are deep golden brown and cooked through in center. Cool 5 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.