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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Seen on Facebook
« on: July 22, 2011, 05:31:05 AM »
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Offline Bilthehut

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2011, 10:18:28 PM »
I made Monkey Bread for the Preschool staff today.  They liked it - and are still living (at least for the moment).

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2011, 10:30:32 PM »
Why is it called Monkey Bread?
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Offline Bilthehut

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2011, 11:18:04 PM »
I don't know.  We bought a doughnut shaped tin (what you see in the picture) which had the monkey bread recipe.
The bread is a sweetened dough that you put in the tin in 1" sized balls of dough. A syrup mix of butter, cinnamon and brown sugar is liberally layered around the dough.  Once baked, the bread is turned out upside down, leaving a smooth doughnut ring of bread.  Perhaps the 'monkey bread' name is the way you eat this - you pull a piece of dough away (made easier as it was originally 1" balls of dough), enjoy and then grab another piece , then another, etc.  tasty!

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2011, 11:21:23 PM »
You can see the hole in the centre here.  It helps to evenly cook the dough in  the centre - and makes a nice shaped bread when turned out.

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2011, 09:48:14 AM »
Sounds tasty, Bill! Still on the cake line, a friend posted this on FB to wish me happy birthday - thought it was cute!

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2011, 06:49:19 PM »
Cute, Joan.  Perhaps a smattering of the Muppets here.

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2011, 06:59:53 PM »
Here's the recipe, using the Monkey Bread baking tin.  For real cooks out there, you could probably make it in a normal bread tin, but I don't as I have to follow the instructions fully to stand any chance of a success.

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2011, 07:32:24 PM »
Thanks, Bil. I'll try the recipe next week when the grand-kids get back from their sweltering holiday in Turkey! It looks good.

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Seen on Facebook
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2011, 08:53:11 PM »
I like the idea too Bill - I may try it with mini-cinnamon buns rather than the driseling thing you have going on there.

 I don't care about spelling today and am not going to look up drisling  :)
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad