Monkey Bread
- 1 cup 2% low-fat milk
- 1 12 cups sugar, plus
- 13 cup sugar
- 34 cup butter, plus
- 13 cup butter
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
- 14 cup lukewarm water (110 to 115F)
- 3 eggs, well beaten
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 -3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 14 cups ground pecans
- Scald milk in a small saucepan.
- Add 1/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup butter and salt.
- Heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
- Remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.
- Dissolve yeast in warm water and a sprinkling of sugar in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes until yeast bubbles.
- Stir in eggs and milk mixture.
- Stir in 2 cups flour; beat until smooth.
- Add 2 cups flour; mix well.
- If dough seems too wet, add another 1/2 cup flour.
- Cover and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Punch down and let it rise again until doubled in size.
- About 1 1/2 hours.
- Combine remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Melt remaining 3/4 cup butter.
- Roll dough into walnut-size balls.
- (If dough is too wet to handle easily, scoop up portion of dough with a soup spoon.)
- Dip into melted butter, then in sugar mixture, then in pecans.
- Pile loosely in an ungreased Bundt pan.
- Let rise 40 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400F Bake 10 minutes; reduce heat to 325F Bake 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and invert immediately onto a large serving plate.
- Serve hot.
milk, sugar, sugar, butter, butter, salt, active dry yeast, water, eggs, allpurpose, ground cinnamon, ground pecans
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/monkey-bread-281768 (may not work)