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Monkey Bread with a Twist

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"Delicious twist to monkey bread that everyone will love in your family." — Linda

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1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 (12 ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits, separated and cut into quarters

3 apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup packed brown sugar

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Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a tube pan.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon together in a large sealable plastic bag; add the biscuit dough in batches of 6 to 8 pieces and shake to coat. Alternate layers of the chopped apple and the coated dough pieces in the prepared pan.
Melt the margarine in a small saucepan over medium heat; stir the brown sugar into the melted margarine. Bring to a boil; cook at a boil for 1 minute, remove from heat, and pour over the apple and biscuit layers.
Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through, about 35 minutes. Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a plate to serve.

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COOK 30 mins
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This was REALLY good. Would be great for a brunch or Christmas breakfast. My only suggestion would be after about 15 mins in oven you might should cover with aluminum foil to prevent the edges from overcooking.

—kay

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Mar 15, 2010

Perfect! We love this cinnamony apple goodness for a weekend breakfast! The apples are a great addition to monkey bread. I also like to add chopped walnuts or pecans. Since it's just the two of us, I halve the recipe and bake in an 8x8 square pan and that works out great! Thank you for the yummy recipe! :)

—TTV78

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Aug 02, 2010

Yummy! I used 2 apples (Braeburn and Granny Smith), butter because I was out of margarine, but followed the rest of the recipe as written. I don't have a smooth tube pan, so I sprayed my fluted bundt cake pan with butter flavored Pam and it turned out very pretty. This was so incredibly tasty! I did follow two other reviews and laid a sheet of foil over the top after 15 minutes of baking to prevent hardening and I placed a large foil covered cookie sheet underneath to prevent a mess on my oven floor if it bubbled over (which it did just a tad bit). Next time I will use 3 apples and margarine, but I'm sure it will be just as fantastic as it was this morning.

—Karen

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Nov 30, 2009

OUTSTANDING! The only change I made to this recipe was that I only used 2 apples. The next time I make this recipe, I will only use 1/2 cup of white sugar with 2 TBSP of cinnamon as I had a lot of waste, but I really like the cinnamon flavor. This is a Keeper!

—Robin Graham

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Sep 27, 2010

This was delicious! A huge hit with the party I brought it to - lots of people asking for the recipe. Be careful not to stack the biscuits too high - the middles ones had a little trouble cooking, but it turned out great :)

—egoogs

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Aug 03, 2009

a very interesting taste apple and cinnimen were classic flavors and it all worked well

—chef x

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Dec 28, 2010

Yummy,easy,fun to make with the kiddos. I used 1/2 cup of sugar and a little over 2 tsp of cinnamon. Which was plenty to coat the biscuits. No need to use a whole cup. This was there was no waste. I only had 2 apples on hand and that was fine. I also took a tip from other reviewers and covered it with foil while baking. We made these Christmas morning! And my house smells wonderful. Thanks for a great recipe.

—TEESA2YOU

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Nov 28, 2011

this is the basis for any future recipe of monkey bread, but i made this to the tee (cept made my own biscuits, cuz i didn't have any premade) and it was quite too sweet. i loved the idea of apples, but next time i will add a LOT more apples. also, please clarify next time NOT to coat apples with the cinamon/sugar mix. because, at first i thought you were not supposed to, then i wound up with WAY too much of the mixture, so i was like, "well, maybe they wanted you to coat them too..?" so i made two seperate things, one with coated apples one with the apples NOT coated. one with them coated was WWAAAAAAYYY too sweet. so future reference to ANYONE: do NOT coat the apples in sugar/cinamon!! otherwise, i loved the apples. next time, probly will double or triple apple amount and leave everything else alone. also, i think it was a complete waSTE to make that much sugar cinamon, if you barely even use HALF of it!!?!

—whitneyriot

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Nutrition

Calories
385 kcal
19%

Carbohydrates
58.5 g
19%

Cholesterol
< 1 mg
< 1%

Fat
15.3 g
24%

Fiber
0.8 g
3%

Protein
4.7 g
9%

Sodium
756 mg
30%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Monkey Bread with a Twist

Serving Size: 1/15 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 15
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 385
Calories from Fat: 138

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 15.3g 24 %
Saturated Fat 3.4g 17 %
Cholesterol < 1mg < 1 %
Sodium 756mg 30 %
Potassium 142mg 4 %
Total Carbohydrates 58.5g 19 %
Dietary Fiber 0.8g 3 %
Protein 4.7g 9 %
Sugars 33.4g
Vitamin A 6 %
Vitamin C < 1 %
Calcium 7 %
Iron 18 %
Thiamin 28 %
Niacin 23 %
Vitamin B6 3 %
Magnesium 5 %
Folate 22 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.