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Monkey Bread

Is it the most dignified of the breads? No, but sometimes it’s what you need to satisfy your dark passenger.

You will need;

for the bread;

3 cups all purpose flour

1 cup bread flour

1 tablespoon granulated sugar

2 1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast

2 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 2/3 cup warm water

for the monkey;

1/2 cup butter (melted)

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup cinnamon

what i did was;

1) measure the warm water into a large mixing bowl. stir in the sugar and sprinkle the yeast on top. don’t stir the yeast into the water, we’re trying to wake the yeast up by feeding it and letting it breath a little. let the yeast enjoy their breakfast and when you see a sort of foamy texture in the mixture you are ready for the next step.

2) add the flour right into the mixing bowl, on top of the yeast. sprinkle the salt over the flour. some people say you don’t want to add salt directly to your yeast. i say ¯\_(ツ)_/ chase your bliss. if you want to you can mix the salt into the flour before adding it to the yeast.

3) mix this all together and knead it. i have heard you’re supposed to knead bread dough for a long ass time, but i find that over working your dough creates terrible results. so knead your dough for a minute or two. make sure the texture of the bread is consistent throughout.

4) next you’ll want to let your dough rise. place it in a greased mixing bowl (i used the same bowl from earlier) with a wet tea towel over the top. check on it every 5-10 minutes until it’s doubled in size.

5) punch it down. you’re going to push your bread down to the bottom of the bowl. place the tea towel over it once more and wait for the dough to rise again.

6) this is when i would start preheating the oven to 350’F and grease a 9x9 baking dish.

7) melt the butter in a sauce pan. once it’s melted add the brown sugar and remove it from the heat.

8) mix the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and (once it has risen again) tear the dough into .5” pieces and coat each one with cinnamon sugar before placing it in the greased baking dish.

9) pour the butter mixture over the top of the baking dish full of dough and stick the whole thing in the oven for 23 minutes.

10) once the top of the dough hardens into a crust you can remove it from the oven and let it sit for a couple minutes to cool. don’t let it cool all the way down before turning it over onto a large plate for serving.

notes;

i made this vegan by using vegan butter. i used country crock plant butter, but i wouldn’t recommend it for this recipe. there was a distinct olive oil taste to it. otherwise this was a very successful recipe for me!

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