Description
Less sugar, butter instead of margarine, and refrigerated pizza dough instead of biscuits – but it still adds up to a delicious cinnamon-y treat! You’ll love this healthier monkey bread.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 36 ounces refrigerated whole wheat pizza dough
- ½ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
- ½ cup raisins (Optional)
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch tube pan.
- Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut pizza dough into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Shake 6 to 8 pieces of dough in the sugar-cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in bottom of prepared pan. Continue until all dough pieces are coated and placed in pan. Arrange nuts and raisins in and among dough pieces.
- Melt butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over dough; let rise for 30 minutes.
- Bake in preheated oven until bread is golden brown
- about 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes
- then turn out onto a plate. Pull apart pieces of bread to eat.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 15