Recipe: Perfect Monkey Bread (Cinnamon Bread Bites)

Monkey Bread (Cinnamon Bread Bites).

You can prepare Monkey Bread (Cinnamon Bread Bites) using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Monkey Bread (Cinnamon Bread Bites)

1. You need of Basic Sweet Bread Dough.
2. You need 1/2 cup of Warm Milk.
3. You need 1-2 teaspoons of Dry Yeast *1 teaspoon takes longer time to proof.
4. Prepare 1 of & 3/4 cups Bread Flour *and extra for kneading.
5. It's 2 tablespoons of Caster Sugar *You don’t need more than this.
6. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of Salt.
7. You need 1 of Egg *lightly whisked.
8. Prepare 20 g of Butter *melted.
9. It's tin of Note: You need extra Butter to grease cake.
10. You need of Coating.
11. Prepare 40 g of Butter *melted.
12. It's 1/4 cup of Caster Sugar.
13. Prepare 1 teaspoon of Ground Cinnamon.
14. It's of Extra 20g Butter.
15. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Brown Sugar.
16. You need 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract.

Monkey Bread (Cinnamon Bread Bites) step by step

1. Make Basic Sweet Bread Dough. Place Warm Milk and Dry Yeast in a bowl, mix gently and set aside..
2. Combine Bread Flour, Sugar and Salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the yeast mixture, Egg and Butter. Mix well to form a soft dough. Knead for 2 to 3 minutes, gradually adding extra Flour as required, until smooth and elastic..
3. Cover with a plate or plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size..
4. Grease a ring cake tin or bundt cake tin with Butter..
5. Place 40g Butter in a bowl (or a small saucepan) and melt it. In another bowl combine Caster Sugar and Ground Cinnamon..
6. Divide the dough and form lots of small 2cm size balls. Coat with melted Butter, then Cinnamon and Sugar mixture, and place in the prepared cake tin evenly. Set aside in a warm place for 1/2 hour. *Note: Save the leftover melted Butter..
7. Preheat oven to 180℃..
8. You probably have some leftover melted Butter. Add extra 20g Butter and melt it. Add Brown Sugar and Vanilla Extract, and mix well. Drizzle the mixture over the dough..
9. Bake for 40 minutes on a lower rack. When the top gets too dark, cover with a sheet of foil. Allow to stand in the tin for 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer to a serving plate..