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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (44g)

Recipe makes 16 servings

Calories 149
Calories from Fat 71 (47%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 7.9g 12%
Saturated Fat 1.3g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 3.4g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.8g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 13mg 4%
Sodium 144mg 6%
Potassium 36mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 16.7g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.6g 2%
Sugars 1.6g
Protein 2.6g 5%

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A Day With The Kiddies

Saturn

Easy Yeast Rolls (Or Monkey Bread)

Recipe #35076 | 1½ hours | 1¼ hours prep | add private note
Katie in Atlanta

By: Katie in Atlanta
Jul 27, 2002

This is a wonderful recipe to do with children. I have done with kids as young as 3 and as old as 9. This is also a good recipe for anyone who is intimidated by yeast breads. The recipe originated with Jane Zukin's Dairy-Free Cookbook, which helped me not panic when we figured out that my daughter is severely allergic to milk protein. Monkey Bread is somewhat traditional in the South. It is called Monkey Bread because you eat it like monkeys - tearing off chunks to eat.

SERVES 16 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat the water to between 105 and 115 degrees F.
  2. 2
    If working with kids, explain that this temperature will wake up the yeast but not kill it.
  3. 3
    Dissolve the yeast in the water in a large bowl.
  4. 4
    Stir in the sugar, oil, salt and egg.
  5. 5
    Stir in 1 cup of flour until smooth.
  6. 6
    This is officially known as a"sponge" since it does not have all the flour of the final dough.
  7. 7
    Cover with a dishcloth and set in a warm place (over a bowl of warm water, in a slightly warm oven, in the microwave beside a cup of warm water, etc.).
  8. 8
    Let rise for 15 minutes.
  9. 9
    This is useful time for cleanup and setting up for kneading.
  10. 10
    Grease a square 9 inch pan.
  11. 11
    If you want to make monkey bread, use a ring pan or a bundt pan and do not grease it.
  12. 12
    Stir down the sponge (ooh and aah over how much it has grown first!) and add 1 1/2 cups flour.
  13. 13
    Blend until well mixed.
  14. 14
    Turn out onto a floured surface.
  15. 15
    Knead 3 minutes adding flour if the dough is sticky.
  16. 16
    If using the square pan, divide the dough into 16 pieces (good math exercise!), and shape quickly into balls.
  17. 17
    If making monkey bread, divide the dough into 32 pieces (more math) and shape quickly into balls.
  18. 18
    For the square pan, arrange the balls in the pan and smear tops with softened margarine.
  19. 19
    For the monkey bread, roll each ball in melted margarine before arranging the balls in the ring or bundt pan.
  20. 20
    Cover the pan with the dishcloth and set back in the warm place (described above).
  21. 21
    Let rise for 25 minutes (depending on the timing with kids, I have been successful with as little as 20 minutes and as long as 30.) Preheat oven to 425°F (move the pan first if that is where the dough is rising, of course).
  22. 22
    Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light brown.
  23. 23
    Remove from pan to a rack or plate to cool.
  24. 24
    To make them even better (and more fattening), brush the tops with melted butter.
  25. 25
    If you made monkey bread, eat the bread like a monkey by pulling off chunks.
  26. 26
    The monkey bread is also excellent if you roll each dough ball in cinnamon sugar after rolling in margarine and before placing in the pan.
  27. 27
    This makes a good breakfast bread.

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From: Chef mariajane

On Mar 22, 2009

I got the chance to make this recipe, and Oh my Goodness, did it ever go over big!! My hubby has even invited friends over to try it, so I'm in the Monkey Bread making business for a while!! lol Thanks again for yoru recipe!!

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  • From: Bondnz

    On Mar 17, 2009

    These wee rolls were so cool! I'm already trying to plan my next meal using them! They were so soft & light! I added some minced garlic & onion to the marge for a bit of a kick - could've used more though! I served these with Sackville's "Moroccan Meatballs" & kept the sauce a bit runny for more soaking... sooo good!!! What a wonderful find!! Thank you

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  • From: 4Susan

    On Jul 5, 2006

    Yummy! Yummy! I also made the sweet cinnamon bread - just brushed each layer with melted butter and dusted with cinnamon/sugar (too lazy to roll them!). Turned out so good and my kids loved pulling them apart. Thanks!

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    From: Saturn

    On Jan 4, 2006

    Fantastic! I made this with my 6 and 9 year old sons. They loved it. We made the sweet monkey bread. They turned out beautifully. I had never made anything like this before. (I only heard about monkey bread two weeks ago) I will be trying this again with many different flavour combinations. I see a funky garlic monkey bread in my future. Thank you so much for posting!

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