by Caitlin Saniga
Monkey bread is typically prepared in a bundt pan, but these muffins are portable and the perfect snack (or breakfast) portion.
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 (10 ounce) can refrigerated biscuit dough, separated and sliced into sixths
Clockwise from liquid: butter/orange juice mixture, biscuit dough in sixths, rolled dough balls, orange zest/sugar mixture
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 6 cups of a muffin baking pan.
Toss the sugar and orange zest to combine in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the orange juice and melted butter together.
Before baking: piles of dough balls topped with orange zest and sugar
Roll the biscuit dough pieces into balls. Dip each ball into the orange juice mixture and then roll in the sugar mixture. Pile the coated balls in the 6 muffin cups. Pour the remaining orange juice mixture over the dough in each cup. Sprinkle each cup with the remaining sugar mixture.
Bake in the oven until golden brown, 12-15 minutes. As the muffins puff up, the orange juice mixture will overflow, so place a ookie sheet on an oven tray below to catch spills.
Allow to cool in the pan before removing. Serve muffins warm or refrigerate up to two days and reheat in the microwave for about 20 seconds each.
Makes 6.
Recipe adapted from: AllRecipes.com
Photos: Caitlin Saniga
Holy crap, these look delicious! I might have to make them for a Halloween party!
-L
oooh i am making these soon. how many dough balls in each muffin cup? it looks like a lot more than one 10-ounce can. are the balls just small, and get bigger? (see how helpless i am?)
There are eight biscuits in a package, so each muffin gets eight balls. But they puff up to be pretty big during baking. Don’t forget to put a cookie sheet underneath while they’re baking. These guys can get a little messy.
And these muffins would be great for Halloween. They kind of look like orange brains… ahaha.
Are there other variations or flavorings? I would like to know. I was thinking monster cream puffs.
Sure there are! The most common would be the traditional cinnamon-butter monkey bread. But you could get creative with some sweet flavors… lemon, chocolate, caramel… Separately, of course. Or you could go the savory route and use garlic, chives or other herbs.
Please tell. What would a monster cream puff be like?
— Caitlin