Secret Monkey Bread with Pecans & Caramel - Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking Episode 8 - Gemma Stafford

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Hi Bold Bakers! This week, we're making homemade Monkey Bread from scratch featuring sweet, cinnamon-dusted dough, toasted pecans, a rich caramel sauce, and a secret ingredient that makes my Monkey Bread BIG & BOLD. Enjoy!

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Secret Monkey bread with Pecans and Caramel

Sweet Dough
2 tablespoons butter, divided
1 cup milk
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 1/4 tsp (6g/1/4 oz) active dried yeast
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
Cream Cheese (for stuffing)
1 Cup Toasted Pecan, chopped
Caramel Sauce
2 sticks butter
2 cups packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
pinch of salt
Cinnamon Sugar
½ Cup of Sugar

2 Tblsp Cup ground Cinnamon

Method
1. For the dough :Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt together in a standing mixer fitted with dough hook.
2. In a measuring jug, heat together the milk, water, butter and heat until luke warm, and the butter is melted
3. Turn the machine on low and slowly add the milk mixture. Mix for 2 minutes to wake up the yeast.
4. Increase the speed to medium and mix until the dough is shiny and smooth, 6-8 minutes. The dough is supposed to be saggy and on the wet side
5. Rub a large bowl with vegetable oil (or any flavorless oil) . Place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat lightly.
6. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until doubled, 1 ½ -2 hours
7. Make the caramel: by combining the ingredients in a pot and heating until the sugar dissolves and the butter melts. set aside to cool
8. To form the bread, gently remove the dough from the bowl and knead lightly on a floured surface knocking out the air.
9. Using a bench scraper or knife, cut the dough into big and small pieces, a nice mix.
10. For the secret ingredient: Smear some cream cheese in the middle of some dough pieces (do as many as you want)
11. Wrap the dough around the cream cheese sealing it in a ball. Pinch to secure closed.
12. In a large bowl mix together the sugar and cinnamon and toss in your dough pieces covering each piece generously
13. In a Bundt pan, Drizzle in a layer of the caramel sauce and ⅓ of the pecans
14. Layer in ½ of the dough pieces
15. Repeat the second layer by scatter on another ⅓ of the pecans and go another round with the caramel sauce
16. Top off with the remaining dough pieces, pecans and the last of the caramel sauce
17. Cover the Bundt pan tightly with plastic wrap and let the monkey bread rise for 25-30 minutes or until puffy and they have risen 1-2 inches from the top of the pan
18. To make the day before refrigerate the bread once assembled, bake the next day
19. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F
20. Unwrap the pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the top is beautifully brown and caramel begins to bubble around edges
21. Cool the monkey bread in the pan for 5 minutes (any longer and the bread will be too sticky and hard to remove!), then turn out on a platter or large plate and allow to cool slightly, about 10 minutes. Enjoy straight away!

[Bocephus_McQuade]

I don't bake at all. I randomly found Gemma, I don't remember how. But now I'm on a marathon, I've watched so many of her videos in such a short amount of tyme. Thank you Gemma.

[itslaurenlauren]

Finally! A recipe that doesn't require canned dough! And the cream cheese addition? Ingenious!

[carloscoronado]

I've recently discovered your channel, and I love it. But what I love the most is that we can see your beautiful smile during the whole proces. It is obvious how much you love and enjoy doing all these stuff. Pleas keep doing such an awesome work! It is really inspiring, I know I have to make time to try a lot of these recipes. Greetings from Mexico :)

[mariammohammed]

Hey Gemma .. I just wanna say that you have fans from middle east and I'm one of the biggest .. I just did this recipe and it's as amazing as you .. I only have one question which is can we put the dough in the refrigerator and use it in another day or we can only use it at the same time .. ?
P.S. Yoooou Arreeee BRILLIANT, your recipes are super delicious and simple, God I Love

[singediabolique]

I made this! I also threw in a 1/2 C. of butterscotch chips in the middle. It was amazing!

[litwik]

I've tried this recipe and it was delicious, definitely going to make this for parties and other occasions. Thank you for sharing!

[kprice]

I had a bit of a problem with the caramel...bits just kept falling out of the jug and into my mouth....It happened time and time again! Really don't know what I did wrong :)

[noreen]

I know this is an old video but I love how instead of using pre made dough! Plus looks really good!

[caridura]

made it this morning, Thanks for the recipe. yes the dance happens when you take the first bite.. merry Christmas!!

[kevindelaurentis]

Gemma, I mentioned before that this was the most requested thing for me to make from all of your recipes. Because of the Covid-19 virus, I had a hard time finding flour but finally got a huge sack at Costco. Being home of the time gave me the opportunity to make this for my family and friends. I've probably made at least 20, more like 25 monkey breads in the past 6 weeks. And everyone loves it. Thanks again for the recipe.

[randajamalalzuhayri]

Your way of presenting is incredible 😍 I'm in love with your cooking
God bless you 🙏

[casaundragraves]

Hello Gemma. I can’t say enough about this recipe. The BEST monkey bread I had ever made!! I did it exactly the way you said. This will be my go to monkey bread from now on. The gooey caramel was absolutely delicious. The house smells so good! Thank you much. 👍👍God bless

[비빔짬뽕밥]

The monkey bread looks yummy. I love the caramel sauce and the cinnamon suger. I think it will give so nice flavor.

[owbahraniya]

The best recipe i’ve tried! The dough is just right! ❤️👏

[aminabegum]

gemma stafford you are sooo kind cause some people says that you always have to use a but pan but you said we can use anything that is in our homes thanks 😄😄👍👏💘 you

[samandtoriarock]

Thanks so much I am making this for mothers day I'm sur everyone will love it!

[zoecreane]

This looks soooo amazing!! Thank you so much for this delicious recipe!

[tapasmirc]

Really love how this show is presented :) Enjoyable and pleasant to binge on all the episodes.

[janiskashmir]

I love this! My family love it too, it's one of our favorites! Thanks a lot Gemma, love all your recipes!

[sebastianmichaelis]

when I first saw this, I knew I had to make it! It was ABSOLUTELY heavenly and impossible to not eat it all at once :D thank you!