Monkey Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze

Name: Monkey Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick or 2 ounces) unsalted butter, divided (2 tablespoons softened, 2 tablespoons melted); 1 cup milk, warm (around 110 degrees); 1/3 cup water, warm (also around 110 degrees); 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1 package or 2 1/4 teaspoons rapid rise, instant or bread machine yeast; 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for work surface; 2 teaspoons table salt; 1 cup packed light brown sugar (CI advises against dark brown, which they feel imparts too strong of a molasses taste; I suspect it wouldn’t bother me); 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick or 4 ounces), mleted; 3 ounces cream cheese, softened; 3 tablespoons powdered sugar, plus extra if needed; 2 tablespoons milk, plus extra if needed; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

A while back, knowing my love of any and all , a reader tipped me off to something called monkey bread which turns out to be one of those doughy delights people have either known about their entire lives and cannot believe I have been deprived of or are 54 words into this post and still have no idea what I’m talking about. Don’t worry, prior to that, I’d been in the latter category too.

By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients

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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Monkey Bread with Cream Cheese Glaze

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

930Calories

23 gProtein

31 gFat

139 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By smittenkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Flour + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,341 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Milk + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,655 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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