Showing posts with label cinnamon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cinnamon. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

No more MONKEYS jumping on the bed....

Monkey bread. 


The first time I heard of this concoction I was beside myself. HOW can something named after a hairy beast that likes to poop on its hand and fling it at passerby be any good? And why on earth would you promote such a thing?

Then I tasted the bubbled up cinnamony tastiness.

OMG! OMG!

That was about all I could come up with.

I learned VERY quickly that I could only take 2 MAYBE 3 pieces of it and then STOP completely because otherwise I would need the entire vial of insulin to counter act the sugar that this bread has. You see, I am Diabetic and most of everything I bake I dont eat. I send to work with my husband and he gives it to his little worker bees. I have been Diabetic for such a long time that in all reality most times I dont miss the sweets.

Tell me I can no longer bake and I might have to rip your head off. :)

My monkey bread I hear is the "nectar of the gods". It has been requested SO many times from the little worker bees that I have gotten sick of making it. My husband loves it and today being our 9th wedding anniversary, ROUND OF APPLAUSE, I feel I have to make it for him. And because its SUPER easy and SUPER delicious I had to share the recipe!

Ingredients
3 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
1 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup packed brown sugar

Method
  1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Cut biscuits into quarters. In a bag, combine sugar. 2 teaspoons cinnamon, and nutmeg. Drop biscuits into bag; shake until coated. 
  3. Stack the biscuits in a greased tube or bundt pan.
  4. In a sauce pan combine remaining 3 ingredients. Heat until brown sugar dissolves, but do not boil. Pour hot syrup over biscuits.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes or until rolls test done. 
  6. Wait 5 minutes before turning out onto serving plate.