Monkey Bread

Who doesn't love Monkey Bread?  Not sure what Monkey Bread is?  It's only delectable little bread balls of ooey, gooey, caramelly goodness.....

Note to self - use nicer looking plates!

I admit right up front that I cheat and use frozen bread dough (which by the way, seems to be getting harder to find).

Ingredients:
- 1 loaf of frozen bread dough, thawed
- brown sugar
- cinnamon
- melted butter

Directions:
Melt approx. 1/2 cup of butter (no this isn't diet food!) in the microwave.

Mix approx. 3/4 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon (or to taste) together in a separate bowl.

Divide the thawed bread dough into 1 inch balls.  Dip each ball in the butter, then roll in the sugar mixture.

Place in a bundt pan which has been sprayed with Pam.  Continue until all of the bread dough is in the pan.

Cover with foil or plastic wrap and put in a warm place (I use an oven which has been slightly warmed, but turned off) until double in size - approx. 1 hour.

Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until brown and bubbling.  A good hint to see if it is cooked is to tap the bread - it should sound hallow.

Remove from oven and put a plate on top of the bundt pan.  Turn the plate and bundt pan over so that the bread and all of the caramelly goodness turns out onto the plate.

This bread is best eaten warm, while the caramel is still soft and melty.


Hint:
If baking the following morning, wrap the bundt pan with plastic wrap or foil and place in the refrigerator.  Take out one hour before and place in a turned off oven to warm up the dough; it should rise slightly more.