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Sometimes, you just should not mess with a good thing.
Like your mom’s recipes.
Especially when she only has a handful of them. Seriously, do not be stupid like me and try to make them better or give them more of a wow factor. It just does not work.
I tried with the monkey bread and failed.
Miserably.
Alright, is was not that bad and the bread was still pretty delicious, but hers is better.
So that is what I am showing you today. Actually, over the next three days I will be showing you all recipes that come from my mom. It is crunch time and that just means, everyone wants and needs easy recipes. Well, my mom? Yeah, she totally has you guys covered.
Two of the recipes actually completely break all my food “rules”. Which is really, just use homemade ingredients, never store-bought.
But it is Christmas and tradition is tradition.
FYI, I love traditions. So I will not be breaking them anytime soon.
We eat this monkey bread on Christmas morning and only Christmas morning every single year!
The secret to her monkey bread?
Butterscotch pudding. Yes, yes, yes. It is simply amazing. Some people put their pudding in cookies, but my mom coats her monkey bread in it. I know, she is a genius.
It is an incredible treat for Christmas morning, warm rich and gooey. The best part is that it is so simple! Just make the bread on Christmas Eve and then pop it in the oven on Christmas morning.
Here is the thing, with this batch of monkey bread you see here. Honestly, it normally looks like ten times gooier, sweeter and well… just better.
But this was the first thing I made in the new kitchen and man, can I just say that getting adjusted to a new kitchen and new light is terrible.
Uhg. So not fun.
Anyway, this new kitchen has this terrible “decorative” oven. Kind of like this one. Meaning it is meant to look old and fancy, but honestly, is the worst thing ever. I have decided it just sucks the juice out everything, but somehow manages to still not actually cook anything. Oh, and I should also mention that this oven does not even fit a cookie sheet in it. WHAT?!? Now seriously, how can I work with that?
Anyway, what I am trying to say is that this bread actually should look better when you make it. The coating creates its own gooey sauce and it is just awesome.
I mean, this bread still tasted awesome, but the looks just were not quite there. Bummer.
Mom’s Ridiculously Easy Butterscotch Monkey Bread.
Servings: 16 servings
Calories Per Serving: 673 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 2-3 loaves of defrosted Rhodes bread dough
- 3 boxes butterscotch pudding mix do not use instant
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Grab 3 medium size prep bowls. Add the melt the butter to the first, the butterscotch pudding to the second and brown sugar to the third.
- Grab your defrosted bread dough loaves and, using a sharp knife, cut the dough into bite size (or larger if you're in a hurry - this is my mom's way, she is always in a hurry!) pieces. Working one piece at a time, dip the balls into the melted butter, allowing excess butter to drip back into bowl, then butterscotch pudding and then roll through the brown sugar. Layer the balls evenly in your greased bundt pan. Repeat with the remaining balls. If you have any butter, butterscotch pudding or brown sugar left over pour or sprinkle the leftover over on top the bread.
- Cover the Bundt pan with plastic wrap and place in warm place for 40 to 45 minutes or place in the fridge overnight. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the monkey bread on a cookie sheet and bake for about 40-50 minutes until the crust is a deep dark brown on top. When it's finished cooking, remove it from the oven and allow it to sit for about 10-15 minutes. The turn the bundt over onto a plate for 5 minutes or so. Serve warm!
This is how Gerard’s eat, no extra plates necessary. And I am not going to lie, we almost never use forks with it either.
*Oh and Don’t forget to enter to win A KitchenAid Stand mixer. The giveaway is going to be ending soon!! Enter here!
Please share your knowledge with my children who always think they should try to make it better. Really? 🙂
I make a bundt cake over the holidays that uses vanilla pudding mix and a boxed cake mix. While I’ve sometimes thought of changing it up I am convinced not to by friends and because it is SO good just the way it is!
Haha!!
Sometimes leaving things a lone is really the BEST idea! 🙂
Thanks so much, Barbara and I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!!
Moms and their recipes are truly awesome! I must say, Tieghan…I am struggling with the same right now–over whether I should share a fun and festive Christmas recipe on my all-natural baking blog that calls for an ingredient that is not entirely all-natural. So, I completely identify with this post! Thanks for sharing this yummy breakfast treat, girl! xo
Thanks Stacy!!
I am glad I posted the recipe. I think it is just what people are looking for!
It looks good! 🙂 We use the frozen yeast rolls (like Rhodes). We melt the brown sugar with the butter, but we sprinkle the dry pudding over the rolls and then pour the melted mixture over top of it. It looks like the difference in the end result is yours has a crusty look to it, where the one I make is very gooey. It’s so interesting to see the different modifications that are out there for monkey bread. 🙂 I don’t really care for the one with the biscuits, as the rolls are sooooo much better.
I agree! the rolls are SO mush better!
Thanks Mari and Merry Christmas!
Butterscotch is my weakness. Bread is another weakness. Glad this is so easy to throw together, but I know I’m going to want to eat this often! Mmm.
Thanks Kelly!
I’m a sucker for monkey bread – and butter scotch – YUMOH!
Thanks Megan!
What a coincidence that you posted this today as I just pulled out this very thing from my oven for breakfast! Great minds think alike! Love love this recipe. It doesn’t taste like butterscotch, but that pudding makes it magical. The sauce is to die for!
Haha! no way!! To weird!
PS- I’m definitely making that monkey bread for Christmas!
Yes! Hope you love it!
Hey
I’ve been following your blog for about a year. You have very creative and fun recipes. I’ve tried several. We love the homemade Oreos, I went to high school with your parents. Please say hello for me and happy holidays to your whole family!
Thanks so much, Nancy! Will do! 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Monkey bread is always a good idea. Yum!
Thanks Katrina!
This looks so good and I love that you can make it ahead and bake off in the morning!
Thank you!
I love too that is can sit in the fridge overnight and be all ready to go in the morning!
I usually make Monkey Bread once a year, too. It just depends on when my daughter has the most friends over. I always feel like monkey bread is a great go to breakfast. Butterscotch is a favorite of mine, though I too, only use butterscotch every so often.
Thanks Kristi!
Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!
I LOVE monkey bread and have yet to try making it. My family actually eats it on Christmas morning! Unfortunately, having just moved across the world, I will not be seeing them or eating monkey bread….But, maybe I can change the last part now. Your mom is a total genius with the pudding mix! Need this bread in my face yo’
Oh man, I am so sorry to hear you cannot be with your family for Christmas! Hope you make some monkey bread to make up for it! Thanks Taylor and Merry Christmas! 🙂
You have moved already???? WOW!!! When did you all move?
I made monkey bread years ago but the recipe called for canned biscuit. This sounds much better. I haven’t been using any cake mixes or instant pudding in a while. So much yucky stuff we can’t even pronounce in them. Not that I eat 100% healthy, but I have cute lots of unhealthy stuff out. I use butter instead of margarine and I use coconut oil. Grind lots of my wheat, etc.
Yup!! Last weekend! It has been insane!
Thanks Charlotte! The canned biscuits have nothing on this! I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!
It doesn’t matter if it’s not 100% homemade if it looks as great as this. Holy Moly, I’m drooling! Your mum is a genius, and I can’t wait to see your next posts!
Sorry for the new oven stuff :–( Moving to a kitchen which works terrible is horrible indeed! I’ve still haven’t get the hang of the new house’s oven. It won’t fit more than 12 cookies and it drives me crazy!
Merry Christmas Tieghan! xo
Thank you so much and Merry Christmas to you too!
Mother’s recipes are always the best… This looks amazing – we always have toasted panettone with brandy butter for breakfast on Christmas morning and we couldn’t break tradition, but I’m thinking this might be a really nice thing to wake up to on New Year’s day… Really nice… Thank you for sharing the recipe 🙂
I agree! Thanks so much, Skye!