Mmmmmmmmonkey Bread

We were up at 5:45 a.m. on the big day with our big girl who on every other day sleeps as late as she can.  She snuggled in bed with us while we waited for the boys to wake up, which they did within the hour.

After ripping through the presents at a tremendous speed, the kids played and played, Dave brought in his crowbar to free the toys from their %&$# boxes, and I started in on the Monkey Bread.

Monkey Bread is so easy, so yummy, so gooey, so healthy (in my dreams) and only 4 ingredients:  buttermilk biscuits, cinnamon, sugar, and butter.
       
First quarter the biscuits and throw them into a bowl of cinnamon and sugar.  Swirl them around a lot to totally cover them up with the good stuff, then throw them into a bundt pan.

When that bundt pan is filled up (I do 4-5 cans of the quartered, cinnamon-sugar dredged biscuits), microwave the remaining cinnamon-sugar mixture, a stick of butter, and two tablespoons of water in the microwave, then pour it over the biscuits and then bake.

Oh. Yeah.

My parents and brothers and their families arrive around 11:00, and we dig into this and into my mom’s savory and delicious breakfast casserole every year before opening Round 2 of the presents.

Monkey Bread

4-5 cans buttermilk biscuits, quartered
2 T. cinnamon
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 stick butter or margarine
2 T water

~Combine cinnamon and sugar. Roll the quartered biscuits in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and put in greased bundt pan.  Melt butter, water, and remaining cinnamon-sugar in pot on stove or in microwave stirring at 30 second intervals.  Bring to a boil then pour over biscuits. 

~Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes.  Let stand for 10 minutes.

~Flip onto a plate (Dave always does that part for me…I can not do this without the monkey bread flying across the counter) and serve.

~Eat by pulling the gooey pieces off of the monkey bread and do a lot of finger licking (required!)