Cinnamon Swirl Monkey Bread

This sweet and indulgent Cinnamon Swirl Monkey Bread is easy to make and fun to eat! Drizzle cream cheese vanilla glaze on top for a cinnamon roll twist on a classic dessert! 

Cinnamon rolls are continuously on the trend! Try Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls, Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls, One Hour Cream Cheese Cinnamon Rolls, and Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake.

This post is sponsored by Fleischmann’s® Yeast. All opinions are my own.

It’s that time of year again when I’m thinking about our holiday menu and trying to whittle down what I might make for THE meal.

No not the Thanksgiving feast, and not Christmas dinner either. Don’t misunderstand me, I have a special corner of my heart reserved for those two, trust me. Because if cranberry salad and sweet potato casserole are involved, count. me. in. But right now I’m referring to my personal favorite, Christmas morning breakfast.

Christmas morning breakfast sets the tone for the whole day, and each year I carefully weigh the many delicious options before selecting what I’ll be making, and serving my family when the big day rolls around and you better believe this year Cinnamon Swirl Monkey Bread is right at the top of my list.

This recipe ticks off all of my must-haves for a Christmas morning breakfast recipe:

• Easy  – like sooooo easy – it’s Christmas after all, I don’t want to be stressed about breakfast.
• Uber delish – obviously.
• Kid-friendly – the last thing I want is to be battling with my picky eaters on Christmas morning.
• Involves cinnamon – as far as I’m concerned if it doesn’t call for a hearty amount of cinnamon, it’s not Christmas-worthy!

You’ll notice I put Easy at the top of that must-have list. Fleischmann’s® RapidRise Yeast  is the key to whipping up these fluffy, doughy, cinnamon-y monkey bread morsels with as few steps and as little prep time as possible. Last week I let my toddlers help me out on a test run for these babies and they came out perfect! They helped add the yeast to the dough, roll it into balls, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on, and of course they got a thrill out of drizzling that cream cheese glaze before shoveling warm monkey bread into their mouths as quickly as they could.

This Cinnamon Swirl Monkey Bread will please your entire family this season, whether it’s on Christmas morning for breakfast, or for dessert on a cozy Sunday night by the fireplace. You will be amazed at how easy it is to make monkey bread from scratch when you use Fleischmann’s® RapidRise Yeast!

Cinnamon Swirl Monkey Bread

This sweet and indulgent Cinnamon Swirl Monkey Bread is easy to make and fun to eat! Drizzle cream cheese vanilla glaze on top for a cinnamon roll twist on a classic dessert! 

5 from 8 votes

Print Pin Rate

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Rising Time: 35 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

• ▢ 4 ½-5 cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ ⅓ cup sugar
• ▢ 2 envelopes Fleischmann’s® RapidRise Yeast
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ ½ cup milk
• ▢ ½ cup butter
• ▢ 2 large eggs

Cinnamon Sugar Layer

• ▢ ⅔ cup sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• ▢ ¼ cup brown sugar

Glaze

• ▢ 2 ounces cream cheese - softened
• ▢ 4 tablespoons butter - melted
• ▢ 2 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ milk as needed

Instructions

• Combine 2 cups flour, sugar, undissolved yeast and salt in a large mixing bowl. Heat water, milk and 5 tablespoons butter until very warm (120° to 130°F); stir into flour mixture. Stir in eggs and enough remaining flour to make soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Cover; let rest on floured surface 10 minutes. 
• Divide dough into 32 pieces; roll into balls. Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter; dip balls in butter. Stir together sugar, cinnamon and brown sugar. Layer 1/3 of the cinnamon sugar mixture in the bottom of a greased bundt pan, then 1/2 of the dough balls, followed by another 1/3 of the cinnamon mixture, remaining dough balls, and lastly the remaining cinnamon mixture. 
  
• Cover and let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 30 to 40 minutes. (To speed this up you can preheat the oven, then turn it off and set the covered bundt pan on the open door until doubled in size). 
• Bake at 375°F for 30 to 35 minutes or until done, covering with foil during last 10 minutes to prevent excess browning. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto serving plate and top with glaze.  

To Make the Glaze

• Cream together all glaze ingredients. As milk as needed to thin to pourable consistency. Pour over warm monkey bread and serve. 

Notes

Recipe adapted from Breadworld. 

Nutrition

Calories: 563 kcal, Carbohydrates: 118 g, Protein: 10 g, Fat: 5 g, Saturated Fat: 3 g, Trans Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 53 mg, Sodium: 364 mg, Potassium: 166 mg, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 63 g, Vitamin A: 219 IU, Vitamin C: 1 mg, Calcium: 84 mg, Iron: 4 mg

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Author: Tiffany

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