Easy Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread
Easy Cinnamon Roll Monkey bread in a bundt pan with pillowy cinnamon roll pieces, twice the cinnamon sugar in swirl and glaze form, baked to sticky-sweet perfection with a sweet 'n creamy icing. The BEST recipe for cinnamon roll monkey bread ever. Perfect for breakfast, holidays, and more!
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 (17.5 ounce) cans Pillsbury Grands cinnamon rolls reserve icing cups
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add sugar and ground cinnamon to a gallon food storage bag. Shake thoroughly to combine.
- Grease a 12-cup bundt pan. Set aside icing cups to thaw and soften at room temperature.
- Using a pizza cutter, slice cinnamon roll dough into quarters and place all pieces into the cinnamon sugar bag. It seems full, but it’ll work. Shake until well coated. Discard leftover sugar.
- Drop half of the pieces into the prepared pan. In a cup, stir together melted butter and brown sugar until it becomes one.
- Pour half the butter mixture over the cinnamon roll pieces. Add the remaining cinnamon roll pieces and drizzle with remaining butter mixture.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until deep golden brown and cooked in the center. It’s done when you can easily pull a piece out of the center (use a fork and be careful, it’s hot!). Mine took 37 minutes.
- Cool in pan for about 10 minutes, then turn onto a plate, tapping the bottom of the pan to loosen.1
- Drizzle icing all over the tops of the cinnamon roll monkey bread. If icing is too firm, warm for 5 seconds in the microwave (remember to remove metal top first).2 Enjoy!
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Notes
- 1: Don’t leave the cinnamon roll monkey bread to cool for longer than 10 minutes, which may cause it to stick. Use a heatproof spatula to loosen the sides if needed.
- 2: Drizzling the icing over the monkey bread when it’s not completely cool will result in translucent icing. If desired, cool the bread completely, then ice for thicker, white icing.
- Storing Instructions: Store cinnamon roll monkey bread in an airtight container for 2-4 days. No refrigeration needed unless you use cream cheese icing.
- Freezing Instructions: Store cinnamon roll monkey bread in a freezer-friendly, airtight container for 1-3 months in the freezer.