Special American Cuisine: How to make Monkey Bread

~There is always room for dessert~

I know, this is not a culinary blog, but I will start posting some important recipes in the American Cuisine. Our first recipe is the Monkey Bread, a warm, sticky and really sweet pastry, that you would eat more than once.

Nobody knows the origin of this pastry, or the reason why its name is Monkey Bread. The first time that this recipe appeared was in an American women's magazine and some cookbooks in the 1950s. It is a really common dish in the US and unknown for the rest of the world.

After a little cultural lesson, let us start with the recipe!

INGREDIENTS*:

- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cans Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Flaky Layers
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (just if you want them)
- 1/2 cup raisins (if desired)
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup of melted butter or margarine



STEPS:

1. Heat oven to 350°F (180°C).

2. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray.

3. In large-storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.

4. Separate dough into 16 biscuits (cut each into quarters or even in more little pieces).

5. In a big bowl, mix the granulated sugar with cinnamon.
6. Separate the dough into 16 biscuits 
7. Cut each into balls with a medium size. 
8. Cover the balls with the mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
9. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.
10. In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar with the butter
11. Pour the mixture over biscuit pieces.
12. Bake 28 to 32 minutes.
13. Cool in pan 10 minutes. 
14. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

How it looks before it is baked

How it looks once it is baked

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*Ingredients:

In case that you are from Europe, here I leave you a table with US-Metric Cooking Conversions:

CAPACITY

1 teaspoon      -      5 mL
1 tablespoon   -     15 mL
1 fluid oz        -     47 mL
1 cup              -    237 mL
2 cups=1 pint  -    473 mL
4 cups            -     .95 L

WEIGHT

1 oz         -     28 grams
1 pound   -   454 grams
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I hope you guys like it and if you try to make it, comment how it was.

Love always,

Nereu