Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2012

Just fed my trash can a pan of monkey bricks. If you try this, use a 350 degree oven and place 7-8 pieces per muffin. I'm back to making them in a taco salad baking tin. The smaller pan keeps them moist and I've never had the mushy centers that were mentioned in this recipe.

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Jeff

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2012

delicious and easy. Used the tip of a previous reviewer to use my apple slicer, which made prep super easy. This gave me 7 small pieces. I also put the sugar and cinnamon mixture in a zip top bag for easy coating. I used a cupcake tin since I don't have the larger muffin tin. I just need to adjust my baking temp and time. These were gobbled up, especially when dipped into the Cinnamon Bun Icing recipe by 'asilmarie.'

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Carolyn

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2012

This monkey bread is fantastic and so simple the only thing I do differently is I add chopped walnuts. After reading all the reviews one thing that is not clarified is what size muffin pan are you using. I have a muffin pan that holds 6 rather large muffins and I have a cupcake pan that holds 12 muffins/cupcakes. My point is it depends on which pan you use as to how many pieces you put in each cup and what length of time in the oven. So 8-10 pieces vs. 4-5 pieces would depend on what size muffin pan you use. In any case I do agree the oven temp should be 350 degrees, not 400 degrees.

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Vivian

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: El Dorado Hills, California, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2011

I don't know if my rating should count since I modified the recipe but here's what I did: I used apple pie spice instead of cinnamon. I placed 4 pieces the spice coated dough into the muffin cup then added a tablespoon of apple pie filling & topped with a couple more pieces of dough before adding the butter mixture (also made w/apple pie spice). The result was great & well loved. My sister-in-law already requested it for Christmas breakfast! One "muffin" was very filling! This is one recipe I will make again & again!

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muddyh2os

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2011

Delicious! A super kid-friendly recipe, too. My 7-year-old brother helped make it all, the only thing I had to do was supervise and help get the ingredients. My only problem was the cook time; at 17 minutes it was already burning. I would definitely make this again though.

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rakuzen

Reviewed: May 29, 2011

Great recipe!!

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MomT

Reviewed: Apr. 30, 2011

I think there is some confusion with the recipe. There's a review out there where the creator says there's a typo and to put 8-10 pieces in a cup. I think a lot of people missed that and got burnt results because they only used 5 pieces. I used 10 pieces in each and it seemed just a bit too much. I highly suggest making 10 muffins with 8 pieces. As others have mentioned, the sugar-cinnamon mixture is way too much and there's a lot left over. Half it, at least. I cooked it at 400 degrees, but started to get nervous and turned it down to 350 degrees for the last 8 minutes. They didn't burn and were a great success. They did bubble over in the oven, though, and they were a bit too big, but they were loved by all. I might try mixing in other things in the future - orange peel, craisins, pecans, maybe chocolate chips...

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TaraB

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Plattsburgh, New York, USA

Living In: Tolland, Connecticut, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2011

Love the idea of making this in muffin tins - I don't know why I never thought of that before! The only slight problem I had was that the muffins all kind of fell apart once I took them out of the tins - I'm wondering if this was because I cooked them for a few minutes less than the original recipe indicates. Fortunately, I wasn't making them for any sort of formal occasion, and they sure tasted great, even if they were all in pieces!

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MissMeliss

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Arlington, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2011

Very good, I decreased the cooktime a little but it just depends on your oven. Glad to be done with mushy centers!

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CarlasKitchen

Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2011

I made these this morning and followed the directions, but they burned on top before the 20 minutes were up. They also spilled out and made a mess in my oven. The ones that did not burn were delicious. I don't know whether to just shorten the cooking time, or lower the temp. for the next time. Thanks!

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