Maple Pumpkin Monkey Bread

Pumpkin Maple Monkey Bread

Finished Monkey Bread

A sweet treat for dessert, brunch, breakfast, or a gathering, this monkey bread is perfect for the season of fall and there is a sweet way and a savory way to make this treat. The first involves pumpkin spice cream cheese and the second involves maple sausage. Both of these recipes were inspired by Sandra Lee's Fall 2015 magazine, and the first follows the same steps, with a few ingredient changes.

Pumpkin Maple Monkey Bread

Ingredients:

• 4 cans 7.5oz biscuit dough
• 8 oz. container pumpkin spice cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
• 3/4 stick butter
• 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon
• 1 Tbsp. Apple Cider
• 1/2 cup chopped Walnuts (optional)
• Cooking Spray

Directions:



pumpkin cream cheese mixture

Pumpkin Mix goes into center of biscuit dough

Folded Dough

1. Preheat Oven to 375 degree Fahrenheit.
2. Spray a Tube Pan (Bundt Cake Pan) or an 8X8 baking dish lightly with Cooking Spray.
3. If using Walnuts, sprinkle along the bottom of the pan or baking dish.
4. Mix the pumpkin spice cream cheese and 1 Tablespoon of Maple Syrup together in a small bowl.
5. Place a Teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each biscuit and stretch the dough around it, pinching the ends to seal.
6. Put the Balls of dough into the tube pan  around the bottom and on top of each other (if using a baking dish only use 2 tubes of biscuit dough).
7. Heat and stir the rest of the syrup, the butter, the Apple Cider, Cinnamon, and Sugar over Medium low heat until melted and mixed together. Stir often.
8. Pour the mixture over the dough balls and bake for 25-35 minutes.
9. Let cool for five minutes, then flip the pan onto a serving platter or plate and enjoy.

Maple Sausage Monkey Bread

Ingredients:

• 4 cans 7.5oz of Biscuit Dough
• 1 lb. Sausage
• 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/2 stick Butter
• 1 lb. Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• Cooking Spray

Directions:

1. Follow directions 1 and 2 of the Pumpkin Maple Monkey Bread Recipe.
2. Cook sausage in a pan over medium heat, smashing it as it cooks, until brown. Drain and return to heat and turn the heat to low.
3. Add 1/4 cup of the maple syrup to the sausage, stir together, let it heat through for a minute, turn off heat and stir again.
4. Place a little over a teaspoon of the sausage in the center of the biscuits along with a bit of sharp cheddar cheese (don't worry if the cheese sticks out, it will be good). Wrap the edges around the sausage and cheese, pinch together to seal, and place into a tube pan.
5. Heat the Butter, Brown Sugar, and the rest of the Maple syrup in a small pan over medium low heat, stir and heat until everything is melted and combined.
6. Pour the syrup and sugar mix over the biscuit dough and bake 25-30 minutes.
7. Let cool for 5 minutes, turn over onto a serving plate and enjoy.

Both these recipes would be a great addition to a Thanksgiving meal or a Christmas Brunch, but most of all, they are delicious comfort food great for the season.