Tuesday, March 22, 2011

easy monkey bread

ingredients:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cans (16.3 oz each) pillsbury grands homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
1/2 cup raisins, if desired
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
directions:
  • heat oven to 350°F. lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. in large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
  • separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. shake in bag to coat. arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.
  • in small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.
  • bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. cool in pan 10 minutes. turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. serve warm.
biscuits plus cinnamon and sugar.. looks delicious right?

 then even better once i added melted butter and brown sugar


i'm certain i've mentioned that i am not a baker before now but in case you missed it.. I AM NOT A BAKER!!!  take this for example:  you may think this should've been an easy think to make, especially since it's pillsbury dough ready to cook, well think again.  yes i managed to screw it up. 
i will say in my defense that i didn't have the right pan to cook it in so i had a genius idea that i don't need a fluted pan and i can just cook it in a mixing bowl.  shows how much i know about baking right?  WRONG, it was a bad idea.  so bad in fact that the dough only cooked on the top, bottom and sides.  so i had to pick the pieces apart and try cooking the middle on it's own.  but it happened again, yep i had to pick the sides off again and throw it back in the oven.  i believe it's what they call a sticky situation.  needless to say this was more or less a masterful disaster but there were some parts that i managed to salvage and eat.  better luck next time i guess.

this was my finished product
monkey bread that i somehow turned into
orange chicken.. who knew?

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