This Holiday Spice Monkey Bread is the perfect breakfast recipe for Christmas morning. Cinnamon & spices coat this delicious glaze smothered treat. YUMMY!
Holiday Spice Monkey Bread
I love a delicious breakfast treat on Christmas morning. Obviously the donut shops aren’t going to be open that morning. So I need to make sure I have something prepared. I don’t want to go through the whole ordeal of making something that day & having a ton of dishes while we are dealing with the mountains of wrapping paper & all other things. So I like to plan ahead & make some monkey bread. I shared this recipe originally over at Or So She Says last holiday season but with the timing I didn’t get a chance to share it here with you. So when we started inching closer to the Christmas season I was so excited to be able to get this one on my calendar. You will love it.
My family loves to coat theirs in the glaze, however I actually prefer to add a little melted butter on top of mine. It’s a little thing I picked up when I was eating these absolutely unreal sticky buns when I was expecting the boy. I would pick them up at this little shop where we lived at the time. Hands down the best sticky bun I have ever had. This monkey bread reminds me of that because of the crusted nuts & brown sugar on top. So adding that melted butter just seemed so natural & oh my word is it delicious.
While this doesn’t typically last more than a few hours in our house- it does reheat well in the microwave if you need to do that. You will definitely want to enjoy this while you open presents on Christmas morning!!!
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Holiday Spice Monkey Bread
Ingredients
- Bread
- ¼ cup warm water
- ¼ cup granulated sugar + pinch for yeast
- 1 pkt rapid rise yeast
- 2 tbsp shortening
- Cooking spray like Bakers Joy
- ¾ cup milk- warmed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 3-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- Coating
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup pecans - chopped
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp grated nutmeg
- Glaze
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Combine warm water & pinch of sugar in small bowl
- Sprinkle yeast over top - stir
- Let yeast mixture sit approx 5-10 minutes - it should look frothy when done
- Place shortening, warm milk, sugar, salt & egg in mixer bow with dough hook attachment - mix on medium
- Add yeast mixture & mix well
- Slowly add flour - kneading on medium for about 1-3 minutes
- Place in a greased bowl - cover & let sit in a warm place to rest about 20 minutes
- Spray your bundt pan with cooking spray
- Now make the coating by melting the butter in one small bowl
- In another small bowl combine remaining coating ingredients & mix with a fork
- Sprinkle a small portion of this mixture in the bottom of the bundt pan
- When dough is done resting - pinch off ½ -1 inch pieces & roll into balls
- Dunk each ball of dough in melted butter & then roll in sugar & spice mixture & place in bundt pan
- Continue until all the dough is coated
- Cover with plastic wrap & let rise about 1 hour or until double in size
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Bake monkey bread 30-35 minutes
- Allow to cool in pan at least 30 minutes
- Invert onto plate to remove
- Make icing by combining all ingredients & whisking until smooth
- Drizzle over the top of the bread or use as a dipping sauce
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Blair @ The Seasoned Mom says
Oh my goodness, Gina. I love how your mind works! This is the ULTIMATE holiday breakfast! Pinned. 🙂