Amish Friendship Bread Monkey Bread

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Submitted by: Heather 
Image (c) Heather

“Serve this gooey cinnamon bread at your next Sunday Brunch.”

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 to 35 minutes
Servings: 12
Yield: 1 Bundt pan

Ingredients

Dough:
1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup crushed nuts (optional)
2 cups of extra flour to knead

Gooey Cinnamon Mixture:
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 tablespoon cinnamon

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine starter, flour and milk.
2. Set aside at room temp. overnight.
3. The next day, preheat oven to 350° F (175° C).
4. Stir the bowl mixture and mix in remaining dough ingredients.
5. Pour dough out onto a well floured surface.
6. Knead and add flour until dough is no longer sticky.
7. Shape dough into a large ball and let rest while making gooey cinnamon mixture.
8. Add all gooey cinnamon mixture ingredients into a sauce pan and cook until sugar has dissolved.
9. Spray Bundt pan with cooking spray.
10. Pour a small layer of gooey mixture in bottom of Bunt pan.
11. Pull apart about 40 dough balls, rolling each sticky ball in a small amount of flour.
12. Add the dough balls to the Bundt ban.
13. Equally pour remaining gooey cinnamon mixture over the top of dough balls.
14. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
15. Let rest for 5 minutes.
16. Take a plate and place upside down over Bundt pan. Flip right side up onto plate.
17. ENJOY!

Kitchen Notes

From Laila Gower: “For another variation of this bread use equal amounts of white flour and wheat flour. Instead of nuts, add raisins.”

Images

L to R: raisin variation (c) Laila Gower; (c) Heather