Monkey bread!

Monkey bread was a special treat that I LOVED as a kid! We would all wait for it to be finished cooking so we could devour it! Not much has changed since then! Well, except the fact that I am the mama making it, so I get to sneak a bite here and there to "make sure it is cool enough to eat"... wouldn't want my little darlings to burn their tongues!

 

Sorry for the shadowy picture- they were hoovering like vultures while I was trying to snap a quick shot!

Mmmm.... gooey deliciousness that just makes you want to go make some now... oh- that's me! I want some RIGHT now!!!

So, what do you need to make your very own? Here ya go!-

4 cans plain cheap biscuits
1 stick of butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional- and you can use any kind of nuts you like)

So, on medium heat melt butter in a sauce pan- once melted stir in brown sugar.
Let the brown sugar completely melt, and turn up the heat to medium high for just a minute or so- until the brown sugar and butter begin to boil. Stir constantly for about 1 minute while it boils then remove from heat and set aside. (if you are using nuts, add them to the brown sugar and butter now)

Open biscuits and cut each biscuit into fourths.

Grease a bunt pan and pour about 1/3 of the brown sugar/butter/nut mixture into the bunt pan.

Layer about 1/3 of the biscuits on top of the sugar sauce. Pour another 1/3 of the sugar onto those biscuits and continue layering until all of the biscuits and sugar sauce is used.

Pop into a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Since ovens vary, just keep a check on the biscuits- once the top layer is golden brown go ahead and stick a cake tester in to see if the middle is done.

Remove from oven and let sit for about 5 minutes (this is the really hard part- waiting!)

Once cooled a bit, turn it out of the bunt pan onto a serving platter.

*Use a plate with a good lip- the brown sugar and butter mixture will pour out a bit once you turn the bunt pan over.

Let cool just another few minutes and then dig in!

(little side note... if bunt pan is actually spelled bundt- I apologize- my spell check says it's bunt- but my head says it's bundt.... so there! ha!)