Grammy's Kitchen · Monkey Bread · From-Scratch Monkey Bread, No Yeast
One of 43 monkey bread recipes we measured
from sugarspunrun.com
It ranks #1 of 43 for richness among the monkey bread recipes we compared. 42 cooks on sugarspunrun.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 64% | 26% |
| fat | 89% | 29% |
| total sugar | 76% | 49% |
| yeast | 3% | 0% |
| salt | 2% | 0% |
| dairy | 64% | 3% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 480 g | 4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 50 g | 1/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 16 g | 2 Tablespoon cornstarch |
| 16 g | 4 teaspoons baking powder |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 170 g | 12 Tablespoons unsalted butter (cold) |
| 305 g | 1 1/4 cup whole milk |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup granulated sugar |
| 7 g | 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
| 255 g | 18 Tablespoons salted butter |
| 213 g | 1 cup + 2 Tablespoons light brown sugar (firmly packed) |
Method: 12 steps, published by sugarspunrun.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Hi! I made this recipe today for my oldest grandaughter and it is delicious. I halved the recipe and used whole grain stone ground organic einkorn flour and substituted the cornstarch with potato starch and used 3 tsp Otto's baking powder instead of 2 d” — a cook, 5.0★
“Crowd pleaser! I made this to share at a group dinner and everyone demolished it. Rave reviews all around and being relatively quick to make, it’s a winner in my book too. This one’s showing up in my house again for sure!” — a cook, 5.0★